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26 Cards in this Set
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Organization Established to assist recently freed slaves in the 1800s.
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The Freedman's Bureau
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What were entrepreneurs from the North who came south after the Civil War called?
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Carpetbaggers
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What was the law that stated that descendants of confederate veterans were not requried to take literacy tests known as?
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The Grandfather Clause
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What did the Jim Crow Laws accomplish?
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Created seperate by equal facilities for recently freed slaves.
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What was the result of the Suffrage Act?
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Women were given the right to vote.
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What is Gerrymandering?
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A method that prevented African Americans from voting by creating election districts to benefit certain groups or political parties.
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Who introduced the Rural Free Delivery Bill?
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Tom Watson
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What did the Ruarl Free Delivery Bill do?
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Provided faster mail service.
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What was the name of the movement that linked the New South Era and the ProgressiveEra called?
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Populist Movement
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What group tried to bring unions to Georgia in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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Textile Workers
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What caused the formation of the Knights of Mary Phagan?
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The murder of Mary Phagan and the Leo Frank case.
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What was the convict lease system?
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A system where prisoners were used for labor by businesses and industries in Georgia.
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Why was the county unit system designed?
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Candidate only had to win the smaller counties to win the election. A way to give votes to a candidate in primary elections.
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What was the problem with the county unit system?
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It did not always represent what the population wanted.
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What was the Temperance Movement?
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A ban of the production and use of alcoholic beverages.
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Who was Alonzo F. Herndon?
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Former slave who began his free life working for his former master for $25 a year. First ran a barber shop.
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What did Alonzo Herndon accomplish?
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Bought an insurance company that hired African American college grads. It is the largest African American owned business in the United States. Worth more than @200 million and does business in 17 states.
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What was the result of the Leo Frank trial?
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Man was lynched by a mob because of anti-semitism. The trial symbolized the level of racial and religious intolerance present in the south during the Progressive Era.
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What as the cause of the riot in Atlanta in 1906?
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Falso stories of black violence against whites in the Atlanta newspaper.
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What were the Bourbon Triumvirates?
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A Group of Democrats who wanted stronger economic ties with the industrial North in order to expland Georgia's economy.
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Who were the Bourbon Triumvirates?
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Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt and John B. Gordon. The wanted to keep many souther traditions including white supremacy.
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What role did Tom Watson play in the political structure of Georgia?
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National leader of the Populist party. Concerned about poor, struggling farmers.
Introduced Rural Free Delivery which gave mail delivery to rural homes free of charge. |
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What was the International Cotton Exposition?
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An event promoted by Henry Grady to showcase growing industries in Georgia.
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What role did the Cotton Exposition play in the economic Development of Georgia?
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It brough international exposure to business and investment opportunities in the state which help stabilize and improve economic climate in Georgia.
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What was the basis of the Leo Frank case?
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He was a man who worked in a pencil factory and was accused, tried and convicted for the death of Mary Phagan (14 yr old girl).
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What was the outcome of the Leo Frank case?
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Sentenced to life in prison because the Governor John Slaton changed his sentence from death to imprisonment.
2 months later he was taken by armed men from jail and lynched. KKK was Reborn. They called themselves the Knights of Mary Phagan. |
