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County Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the Bourbon Triumvirate beliefs? | They believed Georgia should become more self-sufficient by producing and manufacturing it’s own goods. |
| How did the Bourbon Triumvirate accomplish their beliefs? | They accomplished it by convincing Northern business es to invest in Georgia. |
| Who was Henry Grady? | He was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution Newspaper. |
| What did Henry Grady believe? | He believed Georgians should forget the past and create a new state based on industry and progress. |
| What was the International Cotton Exposition? | Industrial fairs that spot lighted attention on the states cotton textile industry. |
| What was the impact of the International Cotton Exposition? | It was a huge success and symbolized a new era in Georgia. It also brought a lot of businesses to Georgia. |
| What did populist believe? | They believed political and economic power in Georgia was in the hands of the rich industries when they think shouldn’t because it makes it harder for the poor farmers. |
| Why did the populist party disagree with Henry Grady? | They disagreed with him because he was for having the rich industries having power in Georgia. |
| How was Tom Watson a populist? | Tom Watson was a populist by being elected to the house of representatives and argued for black men and white sharecroppers. |
| What was the result of the Plessy v Ferguson case? | It made segregation legal. |
| What did separate but “equal” mean? | It meant you can separate people with anything as long as it’s “equal.” |
| What were Jim Crow Laws? | Segregation laws. |
| What’s the definition of Disenfranchisement? | To not let people vote. |
| What’s a poll tax? | A tax to vote. |
| What’s a literary test? | A test that proves you can read and write. |
| What’s the Grandfather Clause? | If you’re grandpa was a voter then you didn’t have to pay a poll tax. |
| What was the cause of the Atlanta Massacre 1906? | The newspaper claimed black men were attacking white women, therefore white men attacked helpless black men that did nothing wrong. |
| What was the significance of the Atlanta Massacre 1906? | It made race relationships worse. |
| What’s the summary of the Leo Frank case? | The summary of the Leo Frank case is he was a Jewish man sent to Georgia to work in a pencil factory and was blamed for killing and raping a 13 year old girl. |
| What impact did the Leo Frank case have on Georgia? | It symbolized several fears of Southerners at the time. |
| Who was Booker T. Washington? | He was a teacher and believed Black people should not fight against segregation and accept the social separation. |
| Who was WEB Dubois? | He was a teacher and believed African American people should speak out against discrimination and segregation. |
| Who was Alonzo Herndon? | He was born into slavery and later on in adulthood opened his own barbershop. After that he started a life insurance business for black people to use and later on grew into a multi million dollar business. |
| What is the difference between Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois’s beliefs? | Booker thought Black people should not fight against segregation while WEB thought Black people should fight for their rights. |