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Post-Civil War
8th Grade SS
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| Three politicians(Brown, Colquitt, Gordon) who dominated Georgia politics for 30 years. They were secessionists and white supremacists who wanted to expand railroads and mines, create low taxes, etc. | Bourbon Triumvirate |
| Governor of GA during the Civil War. He bickered with Confederate President Jefferson Davis on several occasions, switched briefly to the Republican Party after the war. | Joseph E. Brown |
| A general during the Civil War who fought in both the Civil War and the Mexican-American War. Later a GA governor. | Alfred H. Colquitt |
| Military general during the war and an outspoken opponent of Reconstruction, as well as an affiliate of the KKK. Served a term in the Senate, resigned amidst scandal to build railroads, then returned to the Senate. | John B. Gordon |
| Abolished slavery and indentured servanthood in the United States of America. | 13th Amendment |
| Granted citizenship to people regardless of race, and gave all races equal access to the legal system | 14th Amendment |
| Gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race | 15th Amendment |
| Henry Grady | |
| Old South | |
| New South | |
| Agrarian | |
| Three events held in Atlanta to help promote its capabilities, accomplishments,and to lure Northern investment into the city. The last one was most memorable. (1881, 1885, 1895) | International Cotton Exposition |
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