Important people
Who was considered the spokesman of "The New South"?
Henry Grady
Were the goals of the Bourbon Triumvirate successful or would they be considered failures?
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What is disenfranchisement?
Denying the right to vote.
Where was the international cotton exposition held?
Atlanta, GA
What was the cause of the Atlanta Race Riot?
Newspaper articles stating lies about Black men assaulting White women.
Who helped found the NAACP?
W.E.B DuBois
Who were the Bourbon Triumvirate and what were their goals?
The Bourbon Triumvirate consisted of three powerful politicians named Alfred Colquitt, John Gordon and Joseph Brown. Their goals were to encourage business and industry in Georgia and make the New South economically powerful.
Who was Leo Frank?
A Jewish pencil factory manager.
What was the Populist Party?
A group of farmers who felt that being able to sell and ship crops should not cost as much as it was.
What were the effects of the Atlanta Race riot?
Black people were scared to enter the streets after this, many people died, mostly black people, but 2 white deaths were reported, one was of a women who died of a heart attack.
Booker T. Washington said the Atlanta Compromise speech at the international Cotton Exposition.
Which positions did the three powerful democrats rotate around.
U.S Senator and Governor.
Why did The jury in The Leo Frank Case believe Jim Conley over Leo Frank?
Leo Frank was Jewish.
What was the name of the fair hosted to help publicize the South's economy?
The international cotton exposition.
What newspapers published the articles starting the Atlanta Race riot?
Journal, The constitutions, Georgian Atlanta, Georgia News.
Who was W.E.B DuBois?
An important figure in the civil rights movement. He was also a Author, teacher, essayist, economist, etc...
What were the successes and failures of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
Failures- Did not improve lives of poor people, Education suffered, Did not reform prisons, and There were poor working conditions in factorys.
What happened to Leo Frank, and who took him out of prison?
He was taken out of prison by a group referred to The Knights of Mary Pheagan, and lynched.
What did Jim crow laws do?
Jim Crow laws blocked educational, economic, and social growth and opportunities for most Southerners, both black and white.
How did the Atlanta Race Riot affect other states?
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Why did Henry Grady choose Booker T. Washington to speak at the International Cotton Exposition?
What is disenfranchisement?
Denying the right to vote.
Plessy V. Ferguson, what happened?
Plessy was sitting in an all white cart, and he looked white, but because he was 1/8th black, he identified himself as a black man, this was a planned case and Plessy did this to test the law. Unfortunately this took a turn for the worse and Separate bit equal cam about.
Who was Tom Watson and what did he do?
Tom Watson was a Democrat who later became the leader of the Populist party, he supported all races but when he lost votes he changed into a white supremacist, He Successfully created the Rural Free Delivery program.
What is the difference between a riot and a massacre.
Definition of RIOT: a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with common intent. Definition of MASSACRE: the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty.