16. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 16: Labor and Race in the New South

**Quiz for Document 16.1: Henry Grady, The New South (1890)**

Quiz for Document 16.1: Henry Grady, The New South (1890)

Document 16.1: Henry Grady, The New South (1890)

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Question 16.1

1. What point is Henry Grady making about the process of industrialization in the South by 1890?

Southerners are committed to agriculture and resist industrialization.

The process of industrialization has only just begun in the South.

The South is industrializing slowly, but industrial interests face significant obstacles.

Many industries have been established in the South over the previous decade.

Question 16.2

2. Why does Henry Grady emphasize that one of the “Southern beliefs regarding race troubles” is that “whites shall have clear and unmistakable control of public affairs. . . . They are the superior race, and will not and cannot submit to the domination of an inferior race”?

He wants to reassure industrialists considering the South that whites, not blacks, will manage southern industries.

He is trying to explain that, although many southern whites hold these white supremacist beliefs, they are beginning to change.

He is describing the stereotypes that many Americans hold about southern whites so that he can demonstrate how they are untrue.

He wants to demonstrate that African Americans in the South are willing to work for white industrialists even though they earn almost nothing.

Question 16.3

3. How does Henry Grady compare the opportunities African Americans have in the North and to those in the South?

He says that African Americans have access to better education in the South.

He says that African Americans reap greater tax benefits in the South.

He says that African Americans have better job prospects in the South.

He says that African Americans have a greater political voice in the North.

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