Amendments
This is what the 13th Amendment is about
What is it ended slavery in the United States?
This is what Black Codes were
What is laws created by Southern legislatures during Reconstruction that took away the civil rights or freedom?
This means to pass into law
What is to ratify?
This was the speech made by Booker T. Washington and the International cotton exposition which called for blacks to become proficient in agriculture, mechanics, and commerce and for for whites to trust blacks and provide opportunities for them to be successful economically.
What is The Atlanta Compromise Speech of 1895?
He was managing editor fo the Atlanta journal who promoted the concept of the "New South"
Who is Henry Grady?
This is what the 14th Amendment is about
What is that it gave African-Americans or Blacks United States citizenship?
This was a period when Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.
What is Congressional Reconstruction?
This means to revoke or withdraw officially
What is to repeal?
He is the only governor in Georgia to have served 4 terms form 1857-1865
Who is Joseph E. Brown?
This was the period after Reconstruction where political and community leaders in the south sought to diversify Georgia's economy and bring Northern technology and /or investments into the state.
What is the "New South?"
This is what the 15th Amendment did
What is it gave African American or Black men the right to vote?
This is the period where the military took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.
What is Military Reconstruction?
This was a meeting that took place in Philadelphia from May to September 1787 whose intent was to revise the Articles of Confederation but resulted in our Constitution as we know it today.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The three powerful Georgia politicians who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years
Who are Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon?
This was a short lived political party made up of farmers that were hostile to banks, railroads, and social elites
What is the "Populist Party?"
This is the year that the 13th Amendment was ratified
What is 1865?
This is a period during which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans
What is Reconstruction?
This was what the International Cotton Expositions were
What are a series of three large events established to display Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region?
This is what the Convict Lease System provided
What is provided convict labor to private parties such s railroad companies or plantation owners?
He is a Georgian who was a leader and presidential candidate for the Populist Party
Who is Tom Watson?
This is the year that the 15th Amendment was ratified
What is 1870?
This is a period during Reconstruction where president Andrew Johnson was very forgiving of the Southern states even though it did require the Southern states to ratify the 13th Amendment to be readmitted to the Union
What is Presidential Reconstruction?
These men made up the Bourbon Triumvirate
Who are Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon?
This was the name given to Independent Democrats
What is "New Democrat"?
This is what the Rural Free Delivery Act was about
What was legislature proposed by Georgia Congressman Tom Watson that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country?