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Tom Watson and the Populists
Tom Watson was known as a racist politician. He was elected for the Georgia assembly. -
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International Cotton Exposition
The exposition was at the rail road tracks of the Western and Atlantic. This brought thousands of jibs and millions od dollars to the region. -
Leo Frank Case
Leo Frank brought back the klu klux klan. Leo was Jewish. Leo Frank was guilty for strangling 13 year old, Mary Phagan. -
Henry Grandy
Henry Grandy was a journalist for history. He helped reintegrate the former Confederacy into the Union A little after the civil war. -
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was a civil rights leader. His famous speeches are about African Americans getting educated. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy v. Ferguson is a U.S Supreme court case. This case was a mainly about racial segregation. Plessy was moved from 1st class on the train. -
WEB DuBois
Web DuBois was a black protester leader. He wanted African Americans to protest for their education and discrimination. -
Alonzo Herndo
Alonze Herndon was a Native the became wealthiest black man in Atlanta, Georgia. Alonze was the most successful black-owner of a insurance business. -
1906 Atlantic Riot
The Atlantic Riot was a racist program. The media called it the "racial message of Negros". 10 out of 100 African were killed and 2 Europeans were killed. -
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World War 1
World War 1 was a global war in Europe. World War was one of the largest wars in history. Americans economy went up and more jobs opened for women. -
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Country Unit System
The plan was to give small counties more power in the government state election. It ended up to give voting power to the most populated ares in the state. -
Cal Vinson
Carl was a Georgia Representative. He was the longest term member of the United States Hose of Representation from Georgia. -
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World War 2
World war 2 was caused by many different things. The reason America entered the war was because the Japanese bombed Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. In the state of Georgia 320,000 served in the military during the war. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression started when the stock market crashed. The Great Depression put people throw failures in banks, drought, Stock speculation, goods of overproduction, and consumer debt. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The AAA was a law passed apart of t he New Deal that Franklin D. Roosevelt created. The law made farmers exchange for limiting production of little crops. The raised the pricing on the crop to help farmers get stability again. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation was a program that provided work to unemployed men during the Great Depression. The CCC was for young men ages 18-23, but then expanded to 18-28.The CCC was the most successful for the New Deal. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was a democratic politician. Eugene been elected for Georgia as Governor 4 times. He was for southern segregation and racism. -
Social Security
President Roosevelt signed a law called Social Security Act. The Act was created to pay retired workers ages 65 or older. This social insurance program was to also pay disability and survivors benefits. -
Rural Electrification
Congress passed a law in 1936 called Rural Electrification. Rural Electrification is apart of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. -
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Holocaust
This was a mass murder of Jews that took place in Europe. The Nazis killed over 6 million Jews and put them throw torcher. This ended after World War 2 ended. -
Lend-Lease Act
The lend- lease Act was passed the president Roosevelt. The lend-Lease Act provided the U.S military to send Aid to our allies to help fight against the Axis. -
Peral Harbor
Japanese bombed the island of Oahu, Hawaii, we called it Pearl Harbor. This attack killed over 2350 people, most of the people were in the military. -
Richard Russell
Richard Russell grew up in Winter, Georgia. He began a career with politics. He became Georgia's governor not to long later.
