The New South Movement
What was the goal of the New South movement?
To modernize Georgia’s economy by developing new industry and moving away from agriculture.
What was the name of the young girl that Leo Frank was accused of killing?
Mary Phagan
The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson was that ___________________ was okay and segregation was allowed.
"Separate but equal"
What organization did W.E.B. DuBois help create to fight for civil rights?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Who did the Populist Party support?
Farmers
Who was known as the “Spokesman of the New South”?
Henry Grady
What did the Bourbon Triumvirate support?
White supremacy, industrial growth, and the wealthy (former planter class)
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South.
Booker T Washington believed African Americans would eventually gain equality by doing what two things?
Through education and learning job skills/working
Who gave the "Atlanta Compromise Speech"? And what event did this take place at?
Booker T Washington
International Cotton Exposition
Name one way that Henry Grady used his role as the editor of the Atlanta newspaper to influence others.
Promoted the idea of the New South
Promoted the International Cotton Exposition
What was Tom Watson's greatest accomplishment while in Congress?
Rural Free Delivery Act
What Supreme Court case upheld segregation laws?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who helped advocate for black Americans to fight for their immediate civil rights
W.E.B. Du Bois
What was the verdict and the sentence in the Leo Frank case? What happened next?
He was found guilty of murder.
He was sentenced to death. The Governor reduced his sentence to life in prison. He was taken from prison by an angry mob and lynched
What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions?
To attract Northern investment and promote Southern industrial growth.
Which person in the New South era was once a politician and later used his weekly publication to share his bigoted/white-supremacist views?
Tom Watson
What are 3 ways that African-Americans were disenfranchised during the New South era?
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause
White Primary
Intimidation/violence
Name two accomplishments of Alonzo Herndon
Opened barber shops
Started the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company
Became Georgia's first black millionaire
The Leo Frank case was an example of __________________ in the south.
Antisemitism
Democrat
Who were the 3 members of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, John B. Gordon
What caused the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre?
False newspaper reports of black people attacking whites.
Job competition between black people and white people, causing white people to be jealous/upset.
Who is an example of Booker T Washington's approach to equality for African-Americans? How?
Alonzo Herndon
He learned a trade (barber) and worked his way up to be successful and be respected in society
What was the idea/concept that WEB DuBois believed in about educating African-Americans?
The Talented Tenth