Advanced New South

Period following Reconstruction when the South’s leaders aimed to industrialize Georgia by diversifying its economy. It also saw the rise of Jim Crow Laws and segregation across the state.

• New South

• Antebellum

• Post Antebellum

Match the following

• Henry Grady

• Three powerful Southern Democrats that dominated Georgia’s politics for over 20 years. Together, they were committed to industrializing the state and returning it to its former glory.

• Tom Watson

• Atlanta journalist given credit for creating the term “New South”. He appealed to industrialists for investments in Georgia cities, especially Atlanta.

• Southern Democrats

• Leader of the Georgia Populists and challenger of the Southern Democrats. He is credited with passing the Rural Farm Delivery Act

• Bourbon Triumvirate

• Political party that dominated Georgia’s politics following Reconstruction. “Redeemers” in the party aimed to return the honor of the South through a commitment to industrialization.

• Populists

• Political party that supported small farmers and poor workers. They opposed what they saw as an over-emphasis to industry by the Southern Democrats.

Law supported by Tom Watson that created the Rural Free Delivery Service. The service delivered mail directly to farms instead of sometimes distant post-offices.

• Rural Free Delivery Act

• UPS

• FedEX

• Amazon

Three large events that showcased Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities. They aimed to attract northern and international businesses to the South.

• Six Flags

• State Fair

• International Cotton Exposition

• International Farming Expo

Legal doctrine that allowed segregation to remain as long as facilities for African Americans were equal to facilities for White Americans

• 14th amendment

• “Separate but Equal”

• 15th amendment

Landmark Supreme Court case that determined segregation as constitutional as long as facilities remained “separate but equal”

• Leo Frank case

• Dredd Scott case

• Plessy v. Ferguson

The denial of a citizen’s right to vote and other citizenship rights. In Georgia, this included the use of tactics like literacy tests, poll taxes, white primaries, and the grandfather clause.

• 15th amendment

• 14th amendment

• disenfranchisement

Match the following

• Grandfather Clause

• A disenfranchisement tactic that required voters to pass a reading and writing test before they could vote.

• White Primary

• A disenfranchisement tactic that prevented African Americans from participating in the Democratic Party’s primary.

• Poll Tax

• A disenfranchisement tactic that required voters to pay a fee before they could vote

• Literacy Test

• A disenfranchisement tactic that stipulated citizens could vote without paying a poll tax or passing the literacy tests if their grandfather or father voted prior to the Civil War

A government system that rented out prisoners (convicts) to private businesses and farms for exchange. The system was supported by the Bourbon Triumvirate and Southern Democrats as a way to provide revenue for the state’s government.

• sharecropping

• Convict lease system

• tenant farming

Match the following

• Alonzo Herndon

• Civil rights leader and educator who encouraged African Americans to pursue education and economic success before seeking social and political equality.

• DuBois

• Civil rights leader and entrepreneur who became the first African American millionaire in Atlanta’s history.

• Booker T.

• Civil rights leader and educator who fought for the end of segregation and for immediate equality for African Americans.