End of Reconstruction and New South

Match the following

• Bourbon Triumvirate

• 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

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

• Henry Grady

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

• Southern Democrats

• 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

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

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

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

What were Black Codes?

• Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.

• Laws designed to help freed blacks and poor whites navigate the South after the end of the Civil War.

• Addendums to the Reconstruction Amendments.

• Laws designed to limit the freedom of poor whites in the South after the end of the Civil War.

Choose 4 examples of Black Codes.

• Employment was required of all freedmen.

• Freedmen could not assemble without the presence of a white person.

• Freedmen were not to be taught to read or write.

• Public facilities were segregated.

• Freedmen were allowed to do as they pleased.

What was the ultimate goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To give an economic boost to African Americans and poor whites by helping them learn to read and write through formal education.

• To help poor whites become educated.

• To create opportunities for poor whites.

• To educate all Southerners.

Choose 2 examples of how the Freedmen’s Bureau helped poor whites and African Americans.

• Built schools

• Supervised labor contracts

• Controlled free blacks' lives

• Built casinos

What was the ultimate goal of the KKK?

• To intimidate freed blacks and white Republicans from voting and running for office during the Reconstruction period.

• To intimidate whites to keep them from voting and running for office.

• To dance around in fancy pajamas while listening to Rhianna.

• To help freed blacks find jobs and get an education.

Why were African Americans expelled from their seats in the Georgia General Assembly? (Choose ALL that apply)

• Democrats claimed the new state constitution did not guarantee them the right to hold office.

• Democrats claimed that they were illiterate.

• Democrats claimed they did not reside in the county they were elected to.

• Democrats claimed they did not make enough money.

What was the agenda of the radical Republicans (what did they want to do to the south)?

• Punish the South.

• Be lenient toward the South.

• Take all former slaves from the South.

• Send all ex-Confederates to jail.