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GEORGIA 1877-1918: THE KEY POLITICAL, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CHANGES
Evaluate
The Redemption
Years:
There were many
changes occurring in
Georgia politically,
socially and
economically.
Evaluate the
Path to Social
Change:
Why are we afraid of
what we don’t know?
Explain the reasons
leading to
World War I:
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What is the Bourbon Triumvirate and how did it impact Georgia
politics? Who were the parties involved?

What legacy did Henry Grady leave to Georgia?

What was the International Cotton Exposition? Provide one example
of a similar issue in Georgia today and how will it impact Georgia’s
future?

Who played significant roles in Georgia reform? How did political
and social reformers affect Georgia?

Can you explain three different types of cultural or social prejudice?

How were minorities disenfranchised?

What beliefs do W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington share
and how do they differ?
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What is an advocate? How did John and Lugenia Hope help
Georgian’s?
What led to World War I (WWI)?

What did Georgia contribute to WWI?
Political Changes
Social Changes
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GEORGIA 1877-1918: THE KEY POLITICAL, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CHANGES
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What are names of the three men that made up the Bourbon
Triumvirate?
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Industry that grew while they were in power:

Did Atlanta become prosperous again?
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What was his profession and where did he work?

What did he do to help Georgia?
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What did Henry Grady desire for the North and South?
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When and where was the Exposition held?
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What were the three purposes of the Exposition?
1.
BOURBON TRIUMVIRATE:
Conservative Democrats that controlled Georgia
government from 1872-1890
.
HENRY GRADY:
Called the voice of the “New South”
Bought recognition and investments to the South
INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION:
This event helped Atlanta become known as the
“New South”
2.
3.
TOM WATSON
AND THE POPULISTS:
During this time, small farmers in GA were upset
because they were not prosperous. They formed
groups to help one another.

Who was Tom Watson?

List the two reasons why farmers were not prosperous:
1.
2.

The formation of these groups/alliances was called
populism.
1. One group was:
2. Groups formed a political party called:
3. Who was the leader of the populists?
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How did Rebecca Latimer Felton help women’s suffrage
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movement?
REBECCA LATIMER FELTON:
A writer, teacher and reformer.
She was an early supporter of women’s suffrage
(the right to vote).

Which social reform did accomplish at the state level?
1.
2.

In 1922 at the age of 87 she became:
LEO FRANK:

What was Leo Frank accused of?
A Jewish man from Georgia who was lynched
(hung), by a mob because of anti-Semitism.

Define anti-Semitism-
JIM CROW LAWS:

Why did Southern states not honor the 14th and 15th
Amendments?

What states passed state and local legislation?

What were these laws called and what did they do?

What was the most famous challenge of the Jim Crow laws
and which state was it in?

What was the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1886?
1.
2.

Define “separate but equal”:

Define disenfranchisement:
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What is a poll tax?

What did poll taxes and property taxes prevent?

Why were voters required to pass a literacy test?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments increased the rights
of African Americans after the Civil War. When former
Confederate states rejoined the Union, they had to first
agree the honor the amendments. Most only followed
the 13th Amendment—no more slavery.
PLESSY VS. FERGUSON:
Some African Americans challenged the Jim Crow
laws in court.
DISENFRANCHISEMENT:
African Americans were disenfranchised by poll taxes,
property tests and literacy tests. Southern states made it
more difficult for African American men to vote.
Most African Americans could not pass the test because
under slavery, they had not been allowed to learn to read
and write. These laws also prevented poor uneducated
whites from voting.
Many Southern states passed grandfather laws. Since
1867 was the first year that African Americans were
allowed to vote, the grandfather clause only helped
whites.
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What did the grandfather clause state?

What is a primary?

Why was the county unit system established?

What was the problem with this system?

Such events occurred throughout the South. This violence
continued for decades, with lynching becoming an
increasingly common event throughout the South. Not
until the civil rights movement of the 1960’s, would
violence against African Americans slow in the region.

Many leaders were educators; however, business people also
played a role. In the fifty years following the Civil War, colleges
in Georgia began to serve African Americans. The availability of
education for former slaves was a great advance in civil rights.
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What school did he head in 1881?
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What was the purpose of the school?
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What is accomodationism?

What was the Atlanta Compromise?

Why did he criticize the idea of accomodationism?

What did he think blacks should do?

The activist of the Niagra Movement went on to found
what organization?
JOHN AND LUGENIA HOPE:

John Hope was the first African American president of:
Advanced civil rights and education for African
Americans by supporting public education, healthcare,
job opportunities and recreational facilities.

Lugenia Hope created the 1st woman-run social welfare
agency for African Americans in GA and was a member of
what organization?
The Democratic Party would not allow African
Americans to be members.
COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM:
1917- Each county was given a certain number of votes
in 3 catagories: urban, town and rural.
The candidate who won received the most votes in a
county won all of the unit votes given to that county. It
was abolished.
RACIAL VIOLENCE:
Race riots and the terrorist activities of the KKK increased. As
African Americans gained more power, whites reacted with
fear and violence. Often, whites would attack African
Americans in groups, such as the race riots in Atlanta in 1906.
CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES:
Between 1877 and 1918, many significant changes in
civil rights took place in Georgia.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON:
Born 1856 into slavery and educated by a freedmen’s
school. He championed education for African
Americans and became a well known thinker and
educator.
W.E.B. DUBOIS:
Born in 1868 and was a prominent professor atlanta
University in 1897. He did not support
accomodationism.
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WORLD WAR I :
In 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assainated by
Serbian nationalists & Austria-Hungary declared war on
Serbia. Allies of these countries joined the war & within
months WWI had begun.
GEORGIA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO WWI:
Soldiers from many states trained at GA military posts
such as Camps Benning & Gordon & Fort McPherson.
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The causes for WWI were ethnic & ideological conflicts,
nationalism & political & economic rivalries.
An ethnic group shares a common & distinct culture;
usually they share the same language and religion. Ethnic
conflicts are often the cause of wars.
Ideology:
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Nationalism:
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Armistice:
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