Georgia History Timeline Project 3

  • Tom Watson and the Populists

    Tom Watson and the Populists
    Tom Watson was a lawyer and a leading populist politician. The Populist Part was a farmers Alliance for poor farmers. Tom Watson was elected to the General Assembly.
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    International Cotton Exposition

    The International Cotton Exposition was held in Oglethorpe Park. It has fewer then 40,000 residents. It was to promote the investment and help the city become a industrial center.
  • Henry Grady

    Henry Grady
    Henry Grady was a american journalist. He edited the "American Constitution." And he was part of the Atlanta Ring of Democratic political leaders.
  • Booker T. Washington

    Booker T. Washington
    Booker T. Washington was born into slavery. He became a teacher after the civil war. He founded the Tuskegee Normal and Tuskegee University.
  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson
    Plessy V. Ferguson was a U.S Supreme Court Decision that talked about racial separation. The case was started after Homer Plessy refused to sit in the black section on a bus.After Plessy's decision the Jim Crow Laws were made.
  • Alonzo Herndon

    Alonzo Herndon
    Alonzo Herndon was a African american entrepreneur. He was the first president of the Atlanta Life Insurance. He was one of United States first black millionaires.
  • 1906 Atlanta Riot

    1906 Atlanta Riot
    The 1906 Atlanta Riot was the first race riot in the capital of Georgia. The riot was about African Americans securing their civil rights. The riot caused a culmination of facts, lingering tension from reconstruction, job competition, and black voting rights.
  • WEB DUBois

    WEB DUBois
    WEB DUBois co-founded the NAACP. He was the first African american to receive a Ph.D. He was the best spokesperson for African american rights.
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    World War I

    World War 1 ended on the 11 day of the 11 hour on the 11 month. It was after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Central Powers fought the Allied Powers.
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    County Unit System

    The County Unit System established after the GA legislator overwhelmingly was dominated by the Democratic Party. The system allotted votes by county.
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    Great Depression

    The Great Depression started after the stock market crashed. It was the worst economic downturn in history. When it was at its lowest point, some 15 million Americans were unemployed.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps
    The Civilian Conservation Corps was part of the New Deal. During the Great Depression, the CCC gave relief to young men employment on environment projects. It helped shape modern national and state parks.
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
    The Agricultural Adjustment Act was part of The New Deal. It was a program to restore agriculture by decreasing farm production, reducing export surpluses, and raising prices.The act was a omnibus bill.
  • Rural Electrification

    Rural Electrification
    The Rural Electrification is part of the New Deal. It was passed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The law permitted the Federal Government to give farmers low cost loans for forming rural electrical cooperatives.
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    Holocaust

    When Adolf Hitler captured Jews and to them to concentration camps. In Greek Holocaust means sacrificed by fire. The Allies ended the Holocaust
  • Richard Russell

    Richard Russell
    Richard Russell served as a state legislator, governor of G.A., and a U.S. senator. He strengthened the national defense and opposed civil rights legislation. He helped to secure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the CDCP and Russell Agriculture Research Center.
  • Eugene Talmadge

    Eugene Talmadge
    Eugene Talmadge served as a state commissioner for agriculture and a governor. He attended UGA and started studying law practices. He was a colorful and controversial politician.
  • Carl Vinson

    Carl Vinson
    Carl Vinson served in the U.S House of Representatives. After he retired he served in the U.S Congress longer than anybody. He concentrated on military affairs and earned his nickname "the Admiral" for his support of the navy.
  • Social Security

    Social Security
    Social Security was part of the new deal. It is a independent agency of the U.S. Federal Government. It consists of retirement, disability, and survivors benefit.
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    World War II

    World War II was the most widespread and deadliest war in history. Adolf Hitler sparked the beginning of WWII. The war ended when the U.S dropped Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    The Lend-Lease Act provided military aid for the foreign countries. Because of this law China, the Soviet Union, Britain, Brazil, and other countries received weapons. The act brought the U.S, closer for entering the World War II.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor was a U.S naval base in Hawaii.. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor killing more than 2400 Americans. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the reason the U.S went into WWII.
  • Leo Frank Case

    Leo Frank Case
    A Jewish man was convicted of raping and murdering a 13 year old girl. It is one of the most notorious and publicized cases in G.A. Frank worked for the National pencil Company before being put on trail.