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Tom Watson and the populists
In tom Watson's early life he was characterized as a liberal. He was nominated as vice president of the populists party. -
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International cotton Exposition
This was a world fair held in Atlanta GA. -
Booker T washington
Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
1906 Atlanta riot
The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia, which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. -
John and Lugenia Hope
Lugenia Burns Hope was an early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and community organizer. -
WEB DuBois
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. -
Leo frank case
the Atlanta Journal reported that the prosecution's case against Leo Frank in the murder of Mary Phagan was complete and that no further questioning of Jim Conley was anticipated before the trial. -
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World war 1
World War I, also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe. -
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County unit system
The County Unit System was a voting system used by the U.S. state of Georgia to determine a victor in statewide primary elections. -
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Great depression
The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. -
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holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia. -
social security
The United States Social Security Administration is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors benefits. -
agricultural adjustment act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops. -
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world war 2
World War II, also known as the Second World War. -
pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor. This was when the Japanese attacked the U.S. -
civilian conservation corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson served twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. When he retired in January 1965, he had served in the U.S. Congress longer than anyone in history. -
Richard Russell
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. was an American politician from Georgia. As a member of the Democratic Party, he briefly served as speaker of the Georgia house. -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Franklin Herndon was an African American entrepreneur and businessman. He was one of the first African American millionaires.
