Station 3: Henry Grady

The New South movement was more concerned with changing Georgia

• economically.
• politically.
• socially.

I attended a funeral once in Pickens county in my State.... They buried him in the midst of a marble quarry: they cut through solid marble to make his grave; and yet a little tombstone they put above him was from Vermont. They buried him in the heart of a pine forest, and yet the pine coffin was imported from Cincinnati. They buried him within touch of an iron mine, and yet the nails in his coffin and the iron in the shovel that dug his grave were imported from Pittsburgh."
- Henry W. Grady
What can you conclude about the purpose of Grady's speech?

• He preferred the northern states.
• He thought the Civil War had been a huge mistake.     
• He believed Georgia's economy was severely lacking.
• He was opposed to burying people close to quarries.

Which statement BEST explains how Henry Grady's efforts contributed to Georgia's transformation after Reconstruction?

• His support for segregation led the state to adopt Jim Crow laws
• His focus on industry led to the abandonment of cotton plantations.
• His support for vocational education helped the state to industrialize.
• His background in economics helped the state develop a banking system.

 For which newspaper was Henry Grady the editor?  

• Atlanta Constitution
• Newman Times Herald
• Atlanta Journal
• Atlanta Times

Who coined the term “New South”?  

• Henry Grady
• Joseph Colquitt
• Booker T. Washington
• John Gordon

What is the goal of the New South movement?  

• Encourage and grow southern industry
• Encourage Slavery
• Promote Atlanta Newspapers
• Support Farmers

What did Henry Grady want the South to do?

• Stop relying on farming and move towards industry.

• Continue to produce cotton and other crops.

• Break away from the Union again.

• Don't worry about the Southern economy.

Who was Grady, Henry (1850-1889)?

• A well-known lawyer and minister who favored free rural mail delivery.

• A senator from Georgia and a member of the Bourbon Triumvirate.

• The managing editor for the Atlanta Journal who promoted the concept of the “New South.”

What was the New South?

• The name given a region that became knows as the cotton capital of the world.

• A place where farmers could find new land for homesteading.

• The period after Reconstruction where political and community leaders in the South sought to diversify Georgia’s economy and bring Northern technology and/or investments into the state.

As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?

• women's suffrage

• racial integration

• the unionization of labor

• southern industrial growth