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Tom Watson and the Populists
Thomas Watson was the voice of the Populist Party. The Populists were a political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country's farmers workers. -
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International Cotton Exposition
Expositions were an important way for cities to attract and investors.Cotton Exposition that were important to the city's recovery and economic development. -
Henry Grady
A journalist. Who helped reintegrate the states of the former. -
Booker T. Washington
Was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor. Was the dominant leader in the African-American community. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy was a shoemaker whose one act of civil disobedience helped inspire future generations of the Civil Rights Movement.The arguments in the case revolved around the 13th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. -
Alonzo Herndon
Was an African-American entrepreneur and businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. He became one of the first African-American millionaires in the United State -
1906 Atlanta Riot
Was a attack of armed white mobs against blacks in Atlanta, Georgia. The white mobs killed a dozens of blacks. -
WEB DuBois
Was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. -
Leo Frank Case
The murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank was arrested. -
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World War I
Known as the First World War. The Allies (mainly Britain, France, US) won WW1. -
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County Unit System
Was a voting system. To determine a victor in statewide primary elections. -
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County Unit System
It was a voting system. A victor in statewide primary election. -
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Great Depression
Was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s. Nine thousand banks failed during the months following the stock market crash of 1929. -
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Holocaust
Was a genocide during World War II. Murdered approximately 6 million European Jews. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Was a public work relief program. One of the most popular programs in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal proved to be the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Was a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce crop area. -
Richard Russell
Was an American politician from Georgia.
Richard B. Russell Jr. became one of the youngest members of the Georgia House of Representatives upon his election in 1920. -
Eugene Talmadge
Was a Dixiecrat politician. Who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937. -
Carl Vinson
Was a Democrat and served for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives. Known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". -
Social Security
Is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government. Social Security engages with the public in a number of ways. -
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World War II
Political takeover in 1933 of Germany by Hitler and his Nazi Party and its aggressive foreign policy. United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Lend-Lease Act
Was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. War supplies to any nation deemed vital to the defense of the United States. -
Pearl Harbor
Was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States entry into World War II.
