People/Groups Who Shaped the New South I
Who was the person that promoted and coined the phrase "The New South"
Henry Grady
Which of the following would Henry Grady support? A. Southerner growing more cotton for export B. Northern investment in southern industry
B. Northern investment in southern industry
What were Jim Crow laws designed to do?
Deny citizenship rights to African-Americans; Create segregation.
Who was the northern businessman who came to Atlanta, Georgia to manage the National Pencil Company? What was his race/religion?
Leo Frank; he was Jewish
What was the name of the African-American man who thought blacks would gain equality by focusing on education and job skills?
Booker T. Washington
What was the immediate cause of the Atlanta Race Riots in 1906?
Immediate cause - Atlanta newspapers printing false stories of black violence against whites
W.E.B. DuBois
Who was Leo Frank accused of killing? Give one description of this person.
Mary Phagan - a 13 year old factory worker in Leo Frank's factory, from Marietta, GA, paid very little for working long hours
Which African-American man said black people should fight for equality now?
WEB Dubois
Tom Watson's greatest achievement in Congress was the RFD bill. What does RFD stand for and what did it do?
Rural Free Delivery - a bill that required the federal government to deliver mail to rural areas
What action became legal as a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling?
- Segregation - "Separate but equal" facilities were legal and the norm in the South
What was Booker T Washington's belief about how blacks should try to gain equality?
He believed that blacks should pursue education and learn a skill in order to work their way up to social equality.
What was the main purpose of International Cotton Exposition?
- To showcase the industries of the New South - Created to show the economic recovery and potential of the South after Reconstruction - Tried to get businessmen to invest money in Georgia by building factories
What political group was made up of farmers that worked together to solve problems that affected farmers?
The Populists
-Literacy tests
-Poll tax
-Grandfather clause
-White primary
Why is Alonzo Herndon an example of a "rags to riches" story?
Because he was born to a slave mother and was a sharecropper, and later on opened his own business and started a successful life insurance company. He died a millionaire.
The Leo Frank Case caused which group, once again, to become active?
The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) - many Southern whites hated those different than them - (hated Afr. Am., but also Jews, Catholics, & immigrants)
What does the term "New South" mean?
- A South that would develop industry/manufacturing like the North (moving away from farming as the main way to make a living) - A South that would develop new ways/diversity in agriculture - A South that call for Northern investors to help pay for the South's changes in industry and agriculture
What were two accomplishments or common interests of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
-developing the railroad and mining industries in Georgia, serving the interests of those men who were part of the old antebellum planter class, low taxes
-Being white supremacists
-Supporting the convict lease system
What were the underlying causes of the Atlanta Race Riots, 1906?
Underlying causes - black and whites competing for jobs, African Americans being denied their voting rights (civil rights)
What organization was founded by WEB DuBois? What does the acronym stand for?
NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What was Leo Frank's sentence after the court found him guilty?