The New South Movement
What was the goal of the New South movement?
To modernize Georgia’s economy by promoting industry and reducing dependence on agriculture.
Who were the three members of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, John B. Gordon
What system kept African Americans and poor whites in a cycle of poverty after the Civil War?
Sharecropping and tenant farming
Who founded Tuskegee Institute and believed in vocational education?
Booker T. Washington
What was the Populist Party’s main goal?
To support farmers and challenge the power of big business.
Who was known as the “Spokesman of the New South”?
Henry Grady
What did the Bourbon Triumvirate support?
White supremacy, industrial growth, and limited government spending.
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South.
What was the main thing Booker T. Washington advocated for
Education
Explain the Plessy v. Ferguson case and its significance
Plessy sat in a white's only section of a railroad and pleaded to the supreme court that the 15th amendment guaranteed his rights.
Supreme court ruled against Plessy cementing Jim Crow Laws
What city hosted the International Cotton Expositions to showcase Southern industry?
Atlanta
Who was Tom Watson and what party did he represent?
A Populist leader who represented the Farmers’ Alliance and later the Populist Party.
What Supreme Court case upheld segregation laws?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Who helped advocate for black Americans to fight for their immediate civil rights
W.E.B. Du Bois
What was the Leo Frank case?
A Jewish factory manager wrongly convicted of murder and later lynched.
What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions?
To attract Northern investment and promote Southern industrial growth.
What law did Tom Watson help pass to support rural mail delivery?
Rural Free Delivery Act
What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests?
To prevent African Americans from voting.
Who was Alonzo Herndon?
A successful African American businessman who founded Atlanta Life Insurance Company.
What was the impact of the Leo Frank case on Georgia?
It increased anti-Semitism and led to the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.
What newspaper did Henry Grady use to promote the New South ideas?
The Atlanta Constitution
Who was Leo Frank and why was he significant?
Jewish factory superintendent falsely accused of murder, illustrates white supremacy and antisemitism
What was the result of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot?
Violence between white and Black citizens, sparked by false newspaper reports.
What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois help create to fight for civil rights?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
What is Disenfranchisement and what were the 3 main ways white law makers sought to do it in the new south era
Disenfranchisement is taking away the right to vote
poll taxes, property taxes (6 months early), literacy tests