Griffin SS8H7 Test: The New South

What did we discuss during SS8H7?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The 5 Regions of Georgia

• The New South

• Abolishing Slavery

What was the Bourbon Triumvirate?

• Three powerful women in the Senate

• Three powerful state leaders that believed power should be restored to the Republicans.

• Three powerful state leaders that believed taxes should be lowered, more industry in the South, wanted to develop railroads, and power should be restored to the Democrats, and believed in White Supremacy.

The men that made up the Bourbon Triumvirate were:

• Joseph Brown, Alonzo Herndon, and John Smith

• Alfreda Brown, Mary Colquitt, and Jackie Gordon

• Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt

• Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon

Who was Henry Grady and what did he do?

• A black man that believed in the people and he has a hospital named after him in Atlanta.

• He was the managing editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, born in Athens, wanted to industrialize the South, and he believed in diversifying agriculture.

• *Successful politician

  *Gov. of GA during war,

  *U.S. Senator from GA

Joseph E Brown....

• was the head of the KKK in Georgia, was a black man, owned a lot of land

• Successful politician, Gov. of GA during war, U.S. Senator from GA, Part of the Bourbon Triumvirate

• was in favor of ending white supremacy, was African American, and wanted to continue depending on cotton.

What was the purpose of the Atlanta Cotton Exposition?

• To gather allies against Europe

• To buy more slaves

• To lure the boll weevil here to save the crops

• Promote the growth of industry

Who was Tom Watson?

• Supported the farmers = against the growth of industry in the South, Concerned for the African American farmer, 1882 - Elected to the Georgia General Assembly

• Ran for governor in 1882, supported industry over farming, and was an Indian man

• He was living on Cherokee land and refused to leave

What was the Populist Movement?

• opposed Tom Watson and overthrew him

• hated everyone

• was not a real group of people

• supported Tom Watson and was considered "the People's party,"

True or False. The Atlanta Cotton Expo:

•Promote industry

•Events were effective

•Displayed Atlanta’s “rise from the ashes”

•Atlanta- the leading city of the South

• True

• False

How did Tom Watson change over time (other than his age)?

• He went from hating African Americans to liking them.

• He was once in favor of diversity but then turned to White Supremacy and began attacking African Americans, Catholics, and Jews.

• He lost everything to the riots of 1906.