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Tom Watson and The Populists
Tom was the national leader of the populist party. Tom Watson was the most famous populist. The kkk (Ku Klux Klan) was in the event and racism too. -
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International Cotton Exposition
The goal for the ICE was to make Atlanta a place to visit and conduct business. It helped Atlanta become a Industrial center. The ICE was a event that showcased Georgia's main agricultural and technological products -
Leo Frank Case
His case had no evidence people accused his as he was a jew and not a christian. Leo frank killed Mary Phagan, she was killed in a factory on Confederate Memorial Day. Leo Frank led to the formation of this group. -
Henry Grady
Henry W. Grady was born May 24, 1850, in Athens, Ga. He because manager of The Atlanta Constitution. Henry Grady was born May 24,1850. His vision was for The New South. -
Booker T. Washington
Born into slavery in Virginia in the mid-to-late 1850s, Booker T. Washington put himself through school and became a teacher after the Civil War.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The state of Louisiana enacted a law that required separate railway cars for blacks and whites. In 1892, Homer Plessy who was 1/8 black took a seat in a whites only car of a Louisiana train.
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Alonzo Herndon
He was born a slave in 1858 then became a barber for a white cliented in 1883. He was so good that he used his earnings to make several real estate purchases -
1906 Atlanta Riot
The attitude of this event was that many believed that whites were superior to blacks. 26 people was killed in the riot and 100 more people as injured.The whites and black was separated on streetcars, elevators, restaurants,bathroom,and drinking fountains. -
WEB DuBois
He was a activist for racial equality. He was information because he was the first African American to earn a PhDat Harvard University. And the best known Spokesperson for African American rights -
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World War I
The world war 1 gave us the first flame throwers the 1st steel helmets the first use of tanks. the Birtish army had 2636 tanks ,the French had 3870,the U.S and less than a 100 , and the German has 20. And the first carriers . -
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County Unit System
Hoke Smith promised to pass a law taking the right to vote away from blacks. The Country Unit system that allowed a white rural minority to out vote urbanites -
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Great Depression
The period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries. Roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October 1929 and continuing through most of the 1930s. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust is one of the most notorious acts of genocide in modern history.
Between 1933 and 1945, more than 11 million men, women, and children were murdered in the Holocaust . -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. -
Richard Russell
Richard severd in the u.s. Senate for 38 years.He was a member of the Democratic party. Russell was the 66th Governor of Georgia. He served as governor from 1931 to 1933. He then served as the United States senator of Georgia. He served as senator from 1933 to 1971. -
Eugene Talmadge
The 4 ways he helped was balanced the budget ,lowered the price of car tags, reorganized state highway boards lowered utility rated
Georgia governor( Eugene Talmadge the 55th governor) that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies; appealed to Georgia's farmers for his belief in low taxes and limited government -
Carl VInson
Carl Vinson was a Congressmen who was an advocate for a strong U.S military served 25 terms in the U.S House of Representatives making him the longest serving congressmen in U.S history. -
Social Security
The social security is a federal program that taxes workers provide income support to the elderly. When the people get about 62 and up you can get it. -
Rural Electrification
The Rural Electrification made electricity affordable. Electricity would improve the standard of living and the economic competitiveness of the family. -
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World War 2
64 million people died in WW 2 was the deadliest and most destructive war in history.The U.S didn’t join the war until 1941, when Japan attacked the United States. -
Lend- Lease Act
This was the situation facing the British in the early days f world war 2,which prompted the signing of the Lend -lease Act Between Great Britan and the U.S .The taft wasn't wrong thats exactly what the lend-lease Act wanted to accoplish -
Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on the Americans. The attack least two hour more than 2,000 military and civilians were killed another 1,000 people were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The CCC employed about 3 million men between 18-25 to work on projects that benefited the public. Planting trees to reforest areas, building leaves for flood control, and improve nation parks
