The "New South" Practice Test

A historian describing the New South writes that segregation was enforced through both law and violence, and that Black resistance took many forms, including legal challenges, migration, and institution-building. Which action best exemplifies African American legal resistance to segregation in this period?

A secondary-source excerpt on the New South notes that while boosters claimed industrialization would create a “balanced” economy, many states continued to prioritize cotton production. The author argues that world cotton prices and soil exhaustion contributed to recurring hardship. Which factor most directly links global markets to New South rural poverty?