When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
January 1, 1863
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Freed all Slaves
Who represented/led the populist party?
Tom Watson
What were two Major cities Sherman took over during his March to the Sea?
Atlanta and Savannah
What was the job of the Freedmen's Bureau?
What was the main goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate in the south?
To make the South more industrialized.
What is the meaning behind states rights?
States are able to issue laws depending on just their state government.
How percentage of the population did the Lincoln plan want?
10%
What was the Supreme court ruling of the case Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Separate but equal
What was the main reason the south looked towards nullification?
They didn't agree with the tariffs laws from the Northern Federal Government.
What was the Main Job of the KKK.
To maintain absolute white supremacy.
How did Alonzo Herndon help in the fight for civil rights?
His success in being an entrepreneur and the establishment of the Atlanta Life Insurance company.
What was Georgia/the South's response to the Compromise of 1850?
Georgia issued the Georgia platform which basically accepted the Compromise of 1850 and stopped them(and the South) from secession for the next decade.
What is the Major difference between Sharecropping and Tenant Farming?
Sharecropping is when someone gives a person land and supplies to farm, Tenant Farming is when someone rents out a piece of land and already have supplies to farm.
What caused the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre?
Allegations published in the newspaper about black men assaulting white women.