// question: 17117067 name: All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South period are true except ::All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South period are true except::[html]All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South period are true except{ ~[moodle]most black southerners were denied the right to vote.#Incorrect ~[moodle]ninety percent of the convicts in southern prisons were black.#Incorrect ~[moodle]most southern blacks lived as tenant farmers or sharecroppers.#Incorrect ~[moodle]reform groups agitated for elimination of the convict leasing system.#Incorrect =[moodle]lynching and racial violence declined significantly.#Correct } // question: 17117062 name: By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food. ::By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food.::[html]By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food.{ =[moodle]one-half#Correct ~[moodle]one-quarter#Incorrect ~[moodle]two-thirds#Incorrect ~[moodle]two-fifths#Incorrect ~[moodle]nine-tenths#Incorrect } // question: 17117063 name: Ida Wells was an advocate for ::Ida Wells was an advocate for::[html]Ida Wells was an advocate for{ ~[moodle]copper miners.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Chinese women in California.#Incorrect =[moodle]southern blacks.#Correct ~[moodle]civil reform in government.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Mexican Americans.#Incorrect } // question: 17117057 name: In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry. ::In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry.::[html]In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry.{ ~[moodle]cotton#Incorrect ~[moodle]coffee#Incorrect ~[moodle]mining#Incorrect =[moodle]tobacco#Correct ~[moodle]meatpacking#Incorrect } // question: 17117058 name: In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a strategy that emphasized ::In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a strategy that emphasized::[html]In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a strategy that emphasized{ ~[moodle]segregation.#Incorrect ~[moodle]political equality and freedoms.#Incorrect =[moodle]self-help and education.#Correct ~[moodle]government assistance to blacks.#Incorrect ~[moodle]violent resistance.#Incorrect } // question: 17117066 name: In the years following the Civil War the southern agricultural economy ::In the years following the Civil War the southern agricultural economy::[html]In the years following the Civil War the southern agricultural economy{ ~[moodle]depended on food production.#Incorrect =[moodle]depended on the crop lien system.#Correct ~[moodle]recovered quickly from the devastation of the war years.#Incorrect ~[moodle]received extensive government subsidies.#Incorrect ~[moodle]depended on investments from England and Europe.#Incorrect } // question: 17117068 name: Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in ::Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in::[html]Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in{ ~[moodle]central Georgia.#Incorrect =[moodle]northern Alabama.#Correct ~[moodle]southern Mississippi.#Incorrect ~[moodle]eastern Tennessee.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Texas.#Incorrect } // question: 17117055 name: Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of ::Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of::[html]Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of{ ~[moodle]cheap energy sources.#Incorrect ~[moodle]cheap labor, made up mostly of former slaves.#Incorrect =[moodle]cheap labor, made up mostly of poor native southern whites.#Correct ~[moodle]cheap labor, made up mostly of immigrants.#Incorrect ~[moodle]better weather conditions.#Incorrect } // question: 17117056 name: The "New South" probably can best be described as a society of ::The "New South" probably can best be described as a society of::[html]The "New South" probably can best be described as a society of{ ~[moodle]cotton fields, plantations, and agriculture.#Incorrect ~[moodle]tobacco, slavery, and planters.#Incorrect =[moodle]commerce, cotton mills, and steel.#Correct ~[moodle]trading firms and shipbuilders.#Incorrect ~[moodle]small farmers and day laborers.#Incorrect } // question: 17117060 name: The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that ::The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that::[html]The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that{ ~[moodle]it had not changed since the colonial period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.#Incorrect ~[moodle]it depended on raw materials imported from Caribbean colonies.#Incorrect =[moodle]many major industries were financed and controlled by northern businessmen.#Correct ~[moodle]southern leaders invested more capital in agriculture than in manufacturing.#Incorrect ~[moodle]European investors controlled much of the land and the industry.#Incorrect } // question: 17117061 name: The writings of Thomas Nelson Page ::The writings of Thomas Nelson Page::[html]The writings of Thomas Nelson Page{ ~[moodle]dealt realistically with the problems of southern society.#Incorrect ~[moodle]were not read outside the South.#Incorrect ~[moodle]criticized lynching.#Incorrect ~[moodle]encouraged a diversified economy in the New South.#Incorrect =[moodle]romanticized plantation society of the Old South.#Correct } // question: 17117059 name: Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to accept permanent second-class citizenship. ::Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to accept permanent second-class citizenship.::[html]Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to accept permanent second-class citizenship.{FALSE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117065 name: Ida B. Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive campaign against lynching. ::Ida B. Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive campaign against lynching.::[html]Ida B. Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive campaign against lynching.{TRUE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117074 name: In the late 1870s, thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west to Kansas. ::In the late 1870s, thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west to Kansas.::[html]In the late 1870s, thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west to Kansas.{TRUE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117070 name: In Williams v. Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights. ::In Williams v. Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights.::[html]In Williams v. Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights.{FALSE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117073 name: Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898. ::Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.::[html]Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.{TRUE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117064 name: Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so successful, prices for it declined tremendously. ::Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so successful, prices for it declined tremendously.::[html]Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so successful, prices for it declined tremendously.{TRUE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117072 name: Southern farmers failed to see the value of agricultural diversification. ::Southern farmers failed to see the value of agricultural diversification.::[html]Southern farmers failed to see the value of agricultural diversification.{FALSE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117069 name: The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was the "crop lien system." ::The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was the "crop lien system."::[html]The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was the "crop lien system."{TRUE#Incorrect#Correct} // question: 17117071 name: Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills. ::Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills.::[html]Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills.{FALSE#Incorrect#Correct}