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SS8H7 The New South
GA Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bourbon Triumvirate | 3 men who dominated Georgia politics and helped GA industry grow |
| Henry Grady | Urged Georgian"New South"; hosted the International Cotton Expostions |
| International Cotton Exposition | 1881, 1887, 1895, Atlanta industiral fairs that spotlighted attention on Georgia's cotton textile indursty. |
| Tom Watson | Georgia lawyer who worked for farmers' issues and helped create the Farmer's Alliance. |
| Farmer's Alliance | Helped farmers to overcome drop in cotton pricds, drought, and helped them economically. |
| Rural Free Delivery Bill (RFD) | Passed by the Populist Party and it guaranteed free mail delivery to country farmers. |
| Rebecca Latimer Felton | First female U. S. Senator and oldest at 87; Senator for a day. |
| 1906 Race Riot | Racial tensions brought on by sensational newspapers stories and election campaigns resulted in violence for 4 days in Atlanta. |
| Leo Frank | Jewish man accused of murdering 13- year old Mary Phagan; He was kidnapped and hanged, later was found he was innocent. |
| County Unit System | System of voting used in local and state elections which gave small, rural counties more voting power; later declared unconstitional in 1962. |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws passed to establish segregatioin among black and white citizens. |
| Disenfranchisement | Rules used to take away African American and poor whites the right to vote; included was the use of Poll Tax and literacy tests. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | U. S. Supreme Court case that upheld segregation and centered around a muti-racial man that was arrested for sitting in the "White Only" railroad car. (separate but equal was okay). |
| Booker T. Washington | Founder of Tuskegee University; believed education for African Americans was the key to obtaining social and political equality. |
| W. E. B. DuBois | Founded the NAACP and believed African Americans should form organizations in th e fight against discrimination and segregation. |
| Alonzo Herndon | Atlanta businessman (barber and owner of Atianta Mutual Insurance Company) became the wealthest African American in Atlanta. |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote (suffrage) |
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