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Tom Watson and the Populists
Tom Watson was a Georgia politician. Watson abandoned the democrats and was criticized about it, but he won a new following of farmers in Georgia and across the south. -
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International Cotton Exposition
The International Cotton Exposition was held in Oglethorpe Park. It was a display of cotton plants from around the world. It was an investment to help the city become closer to its goal of becoming an industrial center. -
Henry Grady
Henry Grady was a journalist who helped reintegrate the states of former Confederacy. He used his office and influence to promote a New South program. Grady county was named in his honor in 1905. -
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was born into slavery. He put himself through school and became a teacher after the Civil War. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This court case was to help out with racial segregation laws. the case ended on May 18,1896 -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was the founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. He had one of the most successful black-owned businesses in the nation. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
During this time, white men were killing blacks. Local news paper reports of alleged assaults by black males on white females. -
WEB DuBois
During the first half of the 20th century, W.E.B Du Bois was one of the most important African-American activists. He co-founded the NAACP and supported Pan- Africanism. -
Leo Frank Case
Leo Frank was a Jewish man who owned a pencil factory. He was placed on trial of raping and murdering on of his employees who was a thirteen-year-old girl. -
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World War One
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off a chain of events that would lead to the start if World War One. World War One is also known as the Great War. -
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County Unit System
It was a system that allotted votes by county. The county unit system was used in democratic primaries for statewide office. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression began after the stock market crash. It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was when German leader, Adolf Hitler, captured Jews, put them in concentration camps, and killed them. He murdered over 6 million Jews. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was a tool for employing thousands of young men by giving them useful public projects. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was put into place to restore agriculture prosperity. They did this by curtailing farm production, reducing export surpluses, and raising schemes of the major national farm organizations. -
Richard Russell
Richard Russell served for fifty years in public office. He was a state legislator, governor of Georgia, and U.S. senator. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics. He served three terms as a state commissioner of agriculture and three terms as governor. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was an United States representative from Georgia. He was known as "The Father of The Two-Nation Navy". -
Rural Electrification
The rural Electrification Administration was to provide jobs for those who needed them badly. These jobs were bringing electricity to rural families. -
Social Security
The social security act was signed into a law by President Roosevelt. The act was created a social insurance program to pay retired workers from 65 or older. -
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World War ll
World War ll lasted for six years. 45-60 million people were killed, among 6 million of those were Jews in concentration camps. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act provided military aid to nations in WWII. It was to help the U.S. from being apart of the war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the U.S. during WWII. They attacked the United States Navel Base, Pearl Harbor, located in Hawaii.
