chapter 15 p376-379
Define: Populists
They were for political equality and called on all farmers, black and white, to unite (p378).
Define: disfranchisement
taking away the right to vote
What is “de jure” segregation?
segregation existing by law (p389)
A public hospital, a county, a national highway, and the journalism school at the University of Georgia all bear his name. Who is he?
Henry Grady (p383)
Identify: Dr. William H. Felton
An Independent Democrat who was one of the leaders organizing Georgia farmers to challenge the regular Democratic party.(p376)
Define: poll tax
a tax on voting
What are "Jim Crow" laws?
It referred to written laws and unwritten customs which kept members of the two races apart (p389)
________ became Georgia’s capital in 1868
Atlanta (p380)
Why did farmers feel they were being neglected by the policies of the Bourbon Democrats?
The Bourbons had made it clear that they believed the future of the South lay in industry and manufacturing, not in growing cotton. Yet most Georgians were cotton farmers. (p.376)
Define: white primary
It was a rule that only allowed white Democrats to vote in its primaries.(p386)
Identify: Plessy v. Ferguson
A Court case that upheld the Louisiana conviction of a black man who tried to ride in a train car reserved for whites.(p390)
Who believed that the South’s prosperity depended on manufacturing and other industry, not cotton?
Southern Democrats, also known as "Bourbons"
How did Democrats use the issue of race to defeat Tom Watson in the congressional election of 1892?
Democrats claimed that voting for Watson, a Populist, would split the white vote, allowing blacks to hold political office once again (p379).
Define: general election
This is a statewide election held by a political party to allow its members to decide who will be their party’s candidate (p386)
What did the "separate but equal doctrine" say?
If equal public facilities were provided for both races then they could be legally separate.(p390)
Who championed Rural free delivery?
Tom Watson (p377)
Identify: Farmers’ Alliance
It was a self help organization that called for better schools, better roads, and changes in state tax laws to ease the burden of farmers. The Alliance also confronted the railroads.(376-377)
"Any person who owned at least 40 acres of land in Georgia or who had other taxable property worth at least $500"... this was an exemption to what?
The voting literacy test (p388)
What is "de facto" segregation?
segregation existing in fact (p389)
This building was considered a symbol of Georgia’s redemption from Reconstruction. Which building is it?
The capitol building in Atlanta (p381)