Redemption

Temperance

The anti-alcohol movement

White Supremacy

The belief that the white race is superior to any other race

Bourbon Triumvirate

The name given to three Georgia leaders- Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon

Redemption

The period immediately following Reconstruction when Georgia worked to recover from Reconstruction

Hwoo

A noise created by humming and making a whirring sound at the same time

Populist Movement

A political party formed in late 1800s by labor organization and Farmers' Alliances

Convict Lease System

A system in Georgia after the Civil War in which prisoners were leased the companies for their labor; companies were supposed to provide housing and food

New South

A term coined by Henry W. Grady and used to describe the southern states after Reconstruction

Rebecca Latimer Felton

Brought about women's suffrage and strongly opposed Convict Lease System

Rufus Bullock

He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871 during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the governorship.

Tom Watson

Newspaper editor that led the Populist Movement

Alfred H. Colquitt

One of the Borbon Triumvirate, was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general.

Joseph E. Brown

One of the Borbon Triumvirate, was governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891

John B. Gordon

One of the Borbon Triumvirate, was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and was generally acknowledged to be the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from 1873 to 1880, and was the governor of Georgia from 1886 to 1890.

Grange/Farmers Alliance

Organizations that were created by farmers to help the farmers and the farms that were in need

Jim Crow Laws

Laws passed in the South to establish,"separate but equal" facilites for whites and blacks

Suffrage

The right to vote