1. SS8H7 Review
SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.
a. Evaluate the impact the Bourbon Triumvirate, Henry Grady, International Cotton Exposition, Tom Watson and the Populists, Rebecca Latimer Felton, the 1906 Atlanta Riot, the Leo Frank Case, and the county unit system had on Georgia during this period.
b. Analyze how rights were denied to African-Americans through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence.
c. Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, John and Lugenia Burns Hope, and Alonzo Herndon

2. Bourbon Triumvirate Joseph E. Brown Alfred H. Colquitt John B. Gordon
Each wanted to have stronger economic ties to the North to expands GA’s economy.

3. Henry Grady Helped “sell” New South
Managing Editor of Atlanta Constitution
Principal Planner of Intl Cotton Exposition
Wanted better Race Relations
Pushed for Industrialization

4. International Cotton Exposition
Designed to show off New South (Industrial)

5. Populists
Political party formed in the late 1800’s by labor organizations and the Farmer’s Alliance
Supported the rights of the “Common People” - Farmers and hourly wage workers.

6. Tom Watson Lawyer General Assembly Concerned about struggling farmers
Populist Supporter

7. Rebecca Latimer Felton
Leader in suffrage and temprance movements
Helped reform Convict Lease System

8. 1906 Atlanta Riot
Race Riot
Martial Law ( military law)

9. Leo Frank Accused of Killing Mary Phagan Convicted to Death
Governor changed to life in prison
Angry mob got him out of prison, took him back to home county, and hanged him

10. County Unit System Gave more populous counties more unit votes
Urban (eight counties) (six unit votes)
Town (30 Counties) (four unit votes)
Rural (121 Counties) (two unit votes)

11. Jim Crow Laws
Established “separate but equal” facilities for whites and blacks in the south
These facilities were not equal

12. Plessy Vs. Ferguson Opened door for more Jim Crow Laws
Furthered segregation
In 1892, Homer Plessy bought a train ticket in Lousiana. He was seven-eighths white and one eighth black. He sat in the “whites only” section. He refused to move and was arrested. He did this intentionally to challenge Jim Crow Laws. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Jim Crow law, so Plessy’s case was defeated. This furthered segregation in the South.

13. Disenfranchisement
Having voting rights taken away

14. Booker T. Washington Civil Rights leader
Wanted economic independence for African Americans
Forceful speaker
Taught Self Improvement

15. W.E.B. Dubois Taught “Talented Tenth”
Did not agree with Booker T. Washington
He wanted 10% to lead the rest

16. John and Lugenia Burns Hope
John Hope – Important educator of African Americans
Lugenia Burns Hope – His wife – civic leader – Neighborhood Organizer

17. Alonzo Herndon Was born a slave
After slavery, he became a great businessman
Started Insurance Company – today known as Atlanta Life Insurance Company