What is the time period between 1877 and 1918 referred to in Georgia and the United States?
Redemption/Progressive Era
Name three policies that the Bourban Triumvirates supported.
1. White supremacy
2. Southern industrialization
3. Northern investment
What industry did the Bourban Triumvirates invest and make a lot of money in?
Railroad
Which of the Bourbans did not support the Confederate causes?
Joseph Brown
Which of the Bourbans fought in the Mexican-American War?
Alfred Colquitt
Which of the Bourbans was rumored to have been a leader in the KKK?
John Gordan
Who is known as the "Spokesman of the New South?
Henry Grady
How did the "Spokes man of the New South" keep the Bourbans in office?
He wrote supportive articles about them in the ACJ.*
What does the "New South" refer to?
An industrialized South
What prison policy did the Atlanta Ring support?
Convict lease program
Explain this prison program.
Large corporations leased prisoners from the government for a fee and made large profits.
What were the Atlanta Cotton Expos?
A week long showcase of farming equipment, inventions, and other attractions in the hope of luring Northern investors to the area. It took place three times.
What famous speech was given at the Atlanta Cotton Expo?
Atlanta Compromise
Where did many northern investors build factories?
Along the fall line
On what two issues did the Feltons attack the Bourbons?
1. Doing little for the poor and middle class
2. Convict lease program
List three facts about Rebecca Felton.
1. She was a supporter of the Suffrage Movement
2. She wrote for the AJC for over 40 years
3. She was the first female US Sen.
4. She had her own newspaper in her basement
Why is this era also referred to as the Progressive Era?
The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States that flourished in the 1890s to the 1910s. Progressivism refers to a time when people look to the government to solve the ills of society.
Name two ways in which prisons reformed during The early 1900s.
1. Men, women, and children were separated
2. Juvenile justice systems were created
Name two ways in which labor was reformed during the early 1900s.
1. Unions created better working conditions
2. Child labor laws
What was the Temperance Movement?
The movement to make alcohol illegal
Which amendment made alcohol illegal?
18th amendment
What was the women's suffrage movement?
Movement to give women the right to vote.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
What was the Populist party?
A party created to fight industrialization and support poor farmers
What does 'populism' mean?
Promotes the interests of the common people instead of the privileged elite
Name two things about Tom Watson.
1. Leader of the Populist movement
2. Wrote racist and anti-Semitic things
What Bill did Tom Watson pass that still impacts us today?
Rural Free Delivery Bill
What were some of the underlying reasons that the 1906 Atlanta Riots took place?
Racial tension surrounding jobs
Explain the Leo Frank case.
Leo Frank was found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan and was lynched. He was later found innocent. His lynching was a result of fear of industrialization and northern investors.
What group reformed as a result of Mary Phagan?
KKK
How did the County Unit System take away voting power from urban voters?
Their votes did not count as much as the votes of people living in the town counties.
What were Jim Crow laws?
Segregation laws
Explain Plessy vs. Ferguson.
A court case intended to challenge Jim Crow laws. The supreme Court decided that separate was equal.
List three methods that southern states used to disenfranchise blacks.
1. Poll tax
2. Grandfather clause
3. Literacy test
What was the name of the election laws that allowed only whites to vote in the primaries?
White primaries
How did Booker T. Washington believe that racial equality could be gained?
By education and hard work
How did W. E. B. DuBois believe that racial equality could be gained?
By demanding through protest
How did John Burns-Hope promote equality within the Atlanta community?
1. He was the first black president of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University and promoted education in the black community
2. He was a member of the NAACP and fought for full civil rights when African-Americans were expected to be complacent with
How did Lugenia Burns-Hope promote equality within the Atlanta community?
She promoted equality by founding the Neighborhood Union -- which gave support to inner city black families in an effort to raise them out of poverty.
List two accomplishments of Alonzo Herndon.
1. He became the wealthiest black man in the US
2. He started an insurance agency
What were three causes of WWI?
1. Military alliances
2. Militarism
3. Imperialism
4. Nationalism
5. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
What were Georgia's major contributions to WWI?
1. Georgia had more military training facilities than any state in the US
2. Georgia contributed over 100,000 volunteers
3.Georgia sent supplies: such as textiles and food
Name three military bases in Georgia during WWI.
1. Camp Benning
2. Camp Gordan
3. Camp Wheeler
4. Camp Jesup
Who wrote "Song of the Chattahoochee?
Sidney Lanier
What story is Joel Chandler Harris most famously remembered for?
Uncle Remus