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| Ga Democrats who worked to undo the changes imposed during Reconstruction. They wanted to restore the Democrats to public office and make clear the control of society was in the hands of the white race |
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| The belief that the white race is superior to others and should control government and society |
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| A party that called for the New South to be industrialized and diversified. Believed in white supremacy, 1-party politics, and low taxes |
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| The three political leaders in the New South movement- ex-confederate generals John B Gordan and Alfred E. Colquitt, and ex-governor Joseph E. Brown |
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| Taking away the right to vote |
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| A tax on the right to vote. At one time, Georgians had to pay $1 to vote |
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| A primary election open to white voters only |
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| A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote |
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| A provision allowing former Confederate soldiers and their male descendants to vote without having to take a literacy test |
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| Keeping blacks and whites apart in public places |
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| Laws that enforced segregation in public places |
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| The Court upheld the Louisiana conviction of a black man who tried to ride in a train car reserved for whites. The ruling put the federal courts in support of the so-called separate but equal doctrine. |
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| Forbidding the manufacture, sale, or use of alcoholic beverages |
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| The right to vote, often used in connection with extending the franchise to women |
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| Convicts that were loaned out companies to work for them. They were often chained together and kept in cages therefore they earned the name the chain gang |
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| A poor farmer who did not own land and had to live on and work the land of others, either for wages or a share fo the crop they produced |
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| A system of tenant farming in which the tenant works someone else's land for a share fo the crop |
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| A legal claim on the crop of the farmer as payment for a loan given to grow that crop |
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| What is meant by the term the "New South"? |
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| The New South referred to diversifying the crop variety and modernizing the economy. The Bourbons beleived the future of the south layed in industry and manufacturing |
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| Explain why the Progressive Era was important to the United States and Georgia. |
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| The progressive era was a era of reform. They passed laws that covered labor, health, education, business, moral conduct, child labor, prison reform, prohibition, giving women the right to vote, and even the government itself. |
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| What social reforms were promoted in Georgia at this time? |
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| Child labor, health and safety standards, and the working conditions of mill and factory workers began to be regulated. GA's 1st required school attendence law came in 1916. AGovernments passed laws setting standards of cleanliness and providing for inspection of houses, bakeries, and canneries. Other laws were passed to protect against products containing narcotics, alcohol, and other potentially harmful ingredients that were being sold as medicines. The laws coverned not only labor and health, but also education, business, moral conduct, and even government itself. Child labor, prison reform, prohibition, and giving women the right to vote are areas that received attention in GA. |
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| Describe the industrializing of Georgia after the Civil War. |
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| The South did not have the capital to build new factories and mills. During the 1870's and 1880's, Grady traveled throughout the North urging businessmen there to invest their money in the South. In his eagerness to industrialize, Grady took the message that all was forgiven and northerners were now welcome in the South. From his desk at the "Atlanta Constitution", he fired off articles painting the bright future of an industrialized South. To a degree, the New South message was successful. The rise in manufacturing in Georgia between 1870 and 1910 was dramatic. In 1870 only about $14 million was invested in manufacturing establishments. By 1890, that figure had risen to almost $57 million, and by 1910 it would exceed $202 million. |
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| Why was Atlanta called the "Gate City of the South"? |
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| Atlanta was a city developed around a rail line. A prospering city before the war, it was destroyed by General Sherman. Of about 3,600 homes in the city, 400 were left standing when he departed. But, like the mythical phoenix bird, reborn from the ashes of its own destruction, Atlanta rose with amazing speed from the ashes left by Sherman's torch. By 1910, its population was more than four times greater than in 1880, growing from about 37,000 to nearly 155,000. Largely responsible for this growth was the railroad. Fifteen different rail lines served Atlanta, making it the warehouse distribution center for the Southeast. Atlanta's transportation advantage and its New South philosophy influenced numerous businessmen from the North and Midwest to open regional headquarters and branch offices there. Atlantans began to enjoy their city's reputation as "Gate of the South". |
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| A bourbon redeemer and the co-editor of the AJC |
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| A independent democrat elected to Congress three times on a campaign to help the farmers |
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| Wife of Dr. William Felton. She was also an independent democrat. She made speeches, wrote articles, and sent letters to the newspapers about the injustices that farmers and others were suffering |
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| One of the Alliance leaders, he was elected to U.S Congress, there he pushed for rural free delivery. Soon he joined the Populists when the People's party began to grow. In 1892, he ran for Congress as a populist, the result of the election was filled with fraud. Later, he continued to run as populist but he never won. Soon after he turned into a bitter man |
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| An organization that came to Ga in 1887 and attracted thousands of farmers. This party pushed for better schools, roads, standard railroads, and tax changes to ease the burden on farmers |
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| founded Coca-Cola in 1886 |
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| People's Party (Populists) |
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| A party that was for political equality and called on all farmers, black and white, to unite together to improve the conditions of the farmers |
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| He bought the Coca-Cola Company from John "Doc" Pemberton. |
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| The most influential leader of the Progressives. He became governor in 1906 |
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| The son of Ernest Woodruff, who bought the Coca-Cola Company in 1919 using the money from the Trust Company of GA, became president in 1923. |
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| Born into slavery but later became a very successful and wealthy businessman. He started out operating barbershops but later owned the Atlanta Life Insurance Company |
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| A former slave who wrote Up From Slavery. He built Tuskegee Institute in AL which stressed technical training, learning a trade, and agriculture. He spoke in Atlanta at the Cotton States and International Exposition. He said blacks should accept their status and forget about social equality and political action. This speech became known as the "Atlanta Compromise". |
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| After working as a store clerk and peddler, Rich chose Atlanta to open a small dry goods store. The store has expanded and continued to grow into what is now known today as Rich's department store |
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| He became the 1st African-American to receive a PhD at Harvard University. He taught in Atlanta University. He was an outspoken, controversial leader in the fight for black civil rights. In 1903, he wrote "The Souls of Black Folks", which disagreed with Washington's views. In 1905, he organized the Niagra Movement, the 1st national movement to end Jim Crow laws. In 1910, he founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and edited its magazine, "The Crisis". |
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| (1913) A white, Jewish factory manager tried for the murder of a 14-year-old girl. |
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| (1902) She began a school for underprivileged children to work and earn an education. Berry College, founded in 1926, continues today in the same tradition. |
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| (1912) She organized Girl Guides, later known as Girl Scouts of America. |
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| He wrote for the "Atlanta Constitution". He wrote short stories based on African folklore. These became the "Uncle Remus" stories. He later started "Uncle Remus Magazine". |
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