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First female US Senator for 1 ½ days
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Known as the “voice/father of the New South”
Henry Grady
US legal case that said “separate but equal” was legal
Plessy vs. Ferguson
One example of disfranchisement
poll tax, Grandfather clause, threats from KKK
14th Amendment
Gave citizenship to all (African Americans) born in the US.
GA politician and leader of the Populist Party
Tom Watson
Secret organization that tried to keep freedmen from exercising their new civil rights.
Klu Klux Klan
Freedmen’s Bureau
Created to help freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War
15th Amendment
Gave black men who were citizens of the US the right to vote.
Laws passed that created different facilities based on race
Jim Crow Laws
New political party formed during the New South era, supported farmers and African Americans in the South.
Populist
International Cotton Exposition
Event held in 1881 & 1895 to show the economic recovery and potential of the New South
Tried to get businessmen to invest money to start businesses in the new South
13th Amendment
Banned slavery in the US
Began because of articles that were printed in the Atlanta Constitution that falsely accused black men of raping and killing white women
1906 Atlanta Riot
Tried to get businessmen to invest money to start businesses in the new South
International Cotton Exposition
Who was Leo Frank?
Jewish factory owner who was accused of killing a 14 year old girl named Mary Phagan.
Bourbon Triumvirate
Group of 3 wealthy men that led the GA Democrats and tried to help the wealthy, white citizens of GA during the New South .
gave African Americans the right to vote but did not specifically give them the right to hold political office.
Henry McNeal Turner
and Black Legislators
Terrorized African Americans to keep them from voting
Beatings, whippings, murders
Klu Klux Klan
Began because citizens were tired of government decisions benefitting only people who lived in the larger cities of GA.
County Unit System
What are tenant farmers
When a farmer paid for the use of the land from the owner. He would pay a high rental price when the crop was harvested and had to purchase the seeds and equipment.
KKK was renamed this after a young woman was killed.
Knights of Mary Phagan
What is disenfranchisement?
Word that means citizens were not given full rights-like the ability to vote
This allowed for mail to be taken each week day to homes in the country areas.
Rural free delivery system
Name the trio of the Bourbon Triumvirate
John B Gordon, Joseph E Brown & Alfred Colquitt