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Tom Watson and the Populists
He was elected the Georgia General Assembly in 1882. Georgia politics were shocked by the arrival of the Populists party. -
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International Cotton Exposition
This was a fair held in Atlanta, Ga. This era was before radio and television. -
Booker T. Washington
Booker was an american educator and an author. He was the dominant leader in the African-American Community -
Alonzo Herndon
He was a barber and a entrepreneur. He was the founder and President of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
This was a civil mass disturbance in Atlanta, Georgia. White mobs killed lots of blacks. Assaults were by black males and females. -
Leo Frank Case
This case was the most highly cases in Georgia. Leo was a jewish man who was accused of raping and murdering a 13 year old girl. she worked for a Pencil Company. It happened in Atlanta. -
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World War I
This was the first World War. This was one of the deadliest conflicts in history. -
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Great Depression
It began right after the stock market crash of October 1929. 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This act was so farmers can limit their crops so the prices in them go up. The cotton prices actually increased fro 6.52 cents to 12.36 cents per pound. The nickname for this act was AAA. -
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Holocaust
6 million jews were killed. The Nazis wanted the Jews seperated from everyone else. Adolf Hitler was in charge of the things that was happening. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
This camp was basically were men went and built new things like parks and planted trees. By September over 500,000 men were in this camp. -
Richard Russell
He was a american politician. Served in senate for 40 years. -
Carl Vinson
The longest serving member of the House of Representative from Georgia. Known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". -
Rural Electrification
This was to bring electricity to rural areas. This electricity was used for household electricity, and farming operation. -
Eugene Talmadge
He was a Democratic politician. He was Georgia's 55th governor. -
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County Unit System
Georgia legislature was dominated by the Democratic Party. It was established in 1917. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a landmark constitutional law. The decision was by a 7 to 1 majority opinion. -
WEB Dubois
He was a civil rights activist. He was the founder of Advancement of Colored People. -
John and Lugenia Hope
John and Lugenia formed neighborhood union. 1906 Hope became the first black president if More House University. -
Social Security
This was to provide provision for aged people, blind people, dependent and cripple children maternal and child welfare,public health and etc. Signed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Pearl Harbor
More than 2,000 soldiers and sailors died in this attack. 1,000 were wounded. The Japanese attacked the U.S naval base. -
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World War II
This war involved over 100 million people over 30 countries. 85 million people were dead. Adolf Hitler invaded Poland and he allied defeated the Nazi Germany and Japan which took six deadly years.
