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SS8H7 The New South

GA Studies

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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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