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Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was an African American born on April 5th, 1856 in Hale's Ford,VA. He was born a slave and had became one of the most celebrated educators.He had founded the Tuskegee Institute, a black school in Alabama devoted to training teachers. -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was an African American who was born on June 26th,1858 in Walton,Georgia on a farm near Social Circle. Alonzo's life couldn’t have been more different,Herndon was born a slave but, in the end he was entrepreneur and a businessman.He was one of the first African American millionaires,and the founder,president of one of the United States's most prominent African-American businesses, the Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company. -
Tom Watson And The Populists
Tom Watson was born on September 5th,1856.He was also an amerivan politician, attorney, newspaper writer and a editor. Tom had founded the state's Populist Party in 1891. -
WEB DuBois
WEB DuBois is William Edward Burghart. He was born during the term of President Andrew Johnson and in Great Barrington, MA on February 23rd, 1868. He was also an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and edito -
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International Cotton Exposition
The International Cotton Exposition was Atlanta's first exposition and was held in Oglethorpe Park in 1881. H.I Kimball had asked Atlanta to pay for 1/3rd of the cost of the show. The International Cotton Exposition consisted of a central building and several wings, it also featured exhibits from several states including various innovations in Ag and technology. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
The case Plessy V Ferguson came from Louisana.It all started when a passager Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, he had went to the judge John Ferguson who upheld the state law. Plessy V. Ferguson was a Supreme Court decision that upheld the separate but equal doctrine,the Supreme Court changed history. -
Richard Russel
Richard Russel was a white male who was an American Politician and was with the Democratic party. Russel served as the speaker of the Georgia house and as Governor of Georgia.He was born on November 2nd, 1897 and he died January 21st, 1971. -
John And Lugenia Hope
John Hope was a African American famed educator and civil rights activist.He is also the first black president of Morehouse College the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta. But who is Lugenia Hope,she was a social reformer whose organizations improved the quality of life for blacks in Atlanta,Georgia and was a model for the future Civil Rights Movement..John decided to finish school and went to Brown University in Providence,Rhode Island, where he met his wife Lugenia Burn. -
Leo Frank Case
The Leo Frank case was about a man named Leo Frank raping and murdering a 13 year old girl named Mary Phagan. Leo was born in Texas and was born on April 17th 1884. This case was known throughout the nation. -
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World War 1
WW1(World War 1) what was it about?Well it was the First World War.Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war including the victims of a number of genocides.The activation for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria,heir to the throne of Austria Hungary.By the end of the war or soon after,the German Empire, Russian Empire,Austro Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist, -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression originated in the United States.The Great Depression varied across nations.It was the longest,deepest,and most widespread depression of the 20th century.When the Great Depression began,the United States was the only industrialized country in the world without some form of unemployment insurance or social security.In 1935,Congress passed the Social Security Act which provided Americans with unemployment etc.It was ended by the explosive spending of World War II. -
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Holocaust
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hated Jews,and saw them as a threat to German racial purity and community. After years the Nazi rule in Germany,which Jews were consistently persecuted,Hitler came up with a "Final Solution" known as the holocaust.The Holocaust was a "strategy" of persecution, murder, and genocide aimed at Jews. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)had been formed in March 1933.This was a public works project intended to promote environmental conservation.The CCC was also a relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. By 1942, with World War II and the draft in operation, the need for work relief declined, and Congress voted to close the program. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act or the "The Farm Relief Bill" was enacted by the 73rd United States Congress. The goal of this act was to help stave off effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, the Act resulted in formation of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Which was a New Deal agency charged with controlling American crop yields to keep prices high enough to support farmers. -
Eugene Talmadge (He started "three governors" controvery)
Eugene Talmadge was a white man and was born September 23rd, 1884 in Forsyth,Georgia.Talmadge set up a law practice in Telfair County, Georgia.He twice ran for the Georgia state legislature and lost both times but was elected as state agriculture commissioner in 1926, was then re-elected as commissioner in 1928 and 1930.Eugene served as governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937,1941 and 1943.He was elected to another term in 1946,he died of cirrhosis of liver which before inauguration -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was a white male who was born in Baldwin County,Ga on November 18th,1883.Vinson was a Democrat and was sworn into Congress in 1914 at the age of 31 and would serve a record twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.He was the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives.He was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". -
Social Security
The Social Security was to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of old-age benefits,and by enabling the several States to make more supply for old people, blind people, crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws to establish a Social Security Board to raise revenue,and for other purposes. This act was enacted by the Senate,House of Representatives of the U.S.A in Congress . -
Rural Electrification
The Rural Electrification had something to with electrical power. To be specific it was bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. The Electrification provided federal loans for the installation of electrical systems. -
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World War 2
The World War 2 was the second world war. The World War 2 was caused by Hitler invading Poland from the west and two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany beginning World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor known as The Battle Of Pearl Harbor the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,using bombers,torpedo bombers and midget submarines.Which,the surprise attack on America is what led to the US joining World War II.
