Social Studies- Unit 6 Review

Tom Watson and the Populists

"Populists" tend to claim that they side with "the people" against "the elites" Watson was a populist, and a Congressional Representative from Georgia Main focus was Georgia's poor and struggling farmers Introduced RFD (Rural Free Delivery)...that's the mail, y'all

What phrase comes from the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

"separate but equal"

Three examples of disenfranchisement

1. Literacy Test 2. Poll Tax 3. Grandfather Clause

W.E.B. DuBois

1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910

Atlanta Race Riot of 1906

48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American men attacking white women; several African-Americans were killed during the riot

What is disenfranchisement?

Action taken to prevent or deny the right to vote

Booker T. Washington

African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.

Why did W.E.B. Du Bois oppose Booker T. Washington's views on racial discrimination

Booker T. Washington didn't have a plan for ending Racial discrimination, and W.E.B. DuBois wanted African Americans to demand there civil rights.

A significant consequence of the Leo Frank case was the _______ of the Jewish communities.

Decline

W.E.B. DuBois Ideas

Demand Civil Rights Talented Tenth

Booker T. Washington's Ideas

Economic independence Vocational Schools

An example of a Jim Crow Law

Enforcing white supremacy or that black barbers CANNOT cut white women or white girls hair

Why did Tom Watson and others criticize Henry Grady?

Grady supported industrialization over helping farmers.

How was Tom Watson involved in the Leo Frank case?

He spread anti-semitism opinions against Jewish Businesses

What Ideas did Henry Grady promote in the Atlanta Constitution?

He wanted Georgia to focus on industrialization

Leo Frank

He was a Jewish superintendent of a company that was charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, a 14 year old girl. He was at first sentenced to be hanged, but the sentence was changed to life in prison. Soon, armed men broke into the prison and lynched Leo near Mary Phagan's home.

After the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906, did segregation increase of decrease in Atlanta?

It increased

How did the Plessy v. Ferguson court case the United States?

It increased segregation in the United States

Henry Grady

Journalist from Georgia who coined the phrase "New South". Promoted his ideas through the Atlanta Constitution, as editor. He planned Atlanta's International Cotton Exposition

Jim Crow Laws

Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights

What is anti-Semitism?

Prejudice against Jews

How did the Bourbon Triumvirate plan to industrialize the south?

They expanded the railroads and mining

What did Henry Grady and organizers of the International Cotton Exposition want to showcase?

To show how well they have rebuilt after the war. They wanted to showcase Agricultural products and new technology used for farming.

International Cotton Exposition

a series of three large events (1881, 1885, 1895) established to display Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region.

Bourbon Triumvirate

• GA's 3 most powerful politicians during the New South era •served as governor (GA) and senators • promoted industrialization • Brown, Gordon, Colquitt