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Tom Watson and the poplistsitcian
He was one of the most perplexing and controversial person among Georgian politicians. He was elected in the Georgia general assembly in 1882, The house of representatives in 1890 an The U.S senate in 1920. -
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International cotton exponition
Cities who wanted to attract people and investors was fair and expositions. This was before TV's and radio's, and people were very excited to see this on display. -
Booker T. Washington
He gave the Atlanta Address which drew the attention of the politicians and the public. He was a popular spokesperson for many African Americans and built a nationwide network of supporters. -
Plessy v Ferguson
It was when the supreme court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal,must be separate but equal. The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1. -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was a barber and salesman. He founded and is the president of the Atlanta life insurance company,also it was one of the most successful black owned businesses in the nation. -
1906 Atlanta riot
This event happened on September 22-24,1906. white mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded or destroyed property. -
John and Lugenia Hope
She was a social activist, reformer and a community organizer. She was spending most of her time in Atlanta and she was working to improve black communities,traditional work, community campaigns for health and political pressures for better education and infrastructure. -
WEB DuBois
His was born in Great Barrington,Massachusetts and grew up in a community that was tolerated and integrated. He was the first to get a doctorate after graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard. -
Leo Frank Case
This case was one of the most notorious and highly cases in Georgia. Leo was a Jewish man who was placed on trail and was convicted of raping and murdering a 13 year old girl who was working at a National Pencil Company. -
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County Unit system
This system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature passed the Neill Primary Act. This act formalized was operated as a informal system, instituted in Georgia. -
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World War 1
Georgia played one of the most important roles in America's participation in world war. Georgia was the state that had more training camps than any other state and Georgia also had over 100,000 men and women. -
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great depression
In October,1929 the stock market crashed in the waned days and heralded the worst economic depression in the U.S history.This depression hit this state harder than any other region in the country. -
civilian conservation corps
It was one of the first New Deal programs. It was people working project to improve environmental conservation and to make good citizens in the outdoor labor. -
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge was a politician playing a leading role in the state's politic's through 1926 to 1946. while his three term as the state's commissioner and his three term as governor, his personality and his actions made voters into Talmadge. -
Rural Electrification
This act was enacted on May 20, 1936. This provided federal loans for the installtion of electrical distribution to serve isolated rural areas in the United States. The funding was going through the electric power companys that which still exist today. -
Social Security
This act was passed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. on August 14, 1936. This law was one of Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives. Today this law is best known for providing retirement benefits for workers, this act also provided for unemployment insurance, dependent children and state public health initiatives. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This was another New Deal but this one was federal. This era was about agricultural production and giving money to the farmers subsides not to plant seeds and not to kill livestock. -
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World War 2
Every southern states were critical to the war. 320,000 Georgians served in the U.S army and others Georgians found a job in burgeoning wartime industries. Their experiences were pivotal in determining the state's future and the war itself
