GA Studies Standard 7a - Bourbon Triumvirate - SS8H7a

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.

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.

Were the items below considered failures or successes of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

•State taxes lowered

•State war debts reduced

•Business and industry expanded

• Failures

• Successes

What did the Bourbon Triumvirate do that helped the New South?

• Fought for more slavery in the south

• Fought for more industry in the south

• Fought for more farming in the south

• Fought for more bacon in breakfast

Which THREE people were  part of the Bourbon Triumvirate, which controlled politics in Georgia between the 1870s and the 1890s?

• Joseph E. Brown

• Alfred H. Colquitt

• John B. Gordon

• Henry Grady

• Tom Watson

Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the

• 3 Musketeers

• Bourbon Triumvirate

• Populists

• Henry Grady's Guys

Where did the Bourbons look for investors for their business?

• The South

• Their Neighbors

• The North

• Europe

What did we discuss during SS8H7?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The 5 Regions of Georgia

• The New South

• Abolishing Slavery

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.

Which of the following was NOT one of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

• Henry Grady

• Joseph E Brown

• John B Gordon

• Alfred H Colquitt