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Tom Watson and the Populists
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International Cotton Exposition
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Henry Grady
Henry helped reintegrate the states of the Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. In 1881, 1887, and 1895 Atlanta hosted cotton expositions, industrial fairs that attracted millions of investment dollars and provided new jobs to the city's growing population. -
Booker T. Washington
Booker founded the Tuskegee Institute, a black school in Alabama devoted to training teachers. At first the school focused on teaching students a trade so they could make a living. This included farming, agriculture, construction, and sewing. -
Plessy v. Freguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. Came to be known as "separate but equal". -
Alonzo Herndon
An African-American entrepreneur and businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. He was noted for his involvement in and support of local institutions and charities devoted to advancing African American business and community life. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
Local newspaper reports of alleged assaults by black males on white females were the catalyst for the riot, but a number of underlying causes lay behind the outbreak of the mob violence. White mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage because of the local newspaper. -
WEB DuBois
An American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. The first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Du Bois wrote extensively and was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. -
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World War 1
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Leo Frank Case
A Jewish man was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, in which Leo managed. The public demanded quick action and swift justice. They hanged him from an oak tree in Marietta, where Mary Phagan, the thirteen year old girl's hometown. -
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County Unit System
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Great Depression
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Holocaust
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Civilian Conservation Corps
A work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. -
Agriculture Adjustment Act
A federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase. -
Richard Russell
Was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Governor of Georgia before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, from 1933 to 1971. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades. The Japanese government believed that the only way to solve its economic and demographic problems was to expand into its neighbor’s territory and take over its import market. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and served for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives.He was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy". -
Eugene Talmadge
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Social Security
A social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons. -
Rural Electrification
Its purpose was to bring electricity to farming. Electricity is used not only for lighting and household purposes, but it also allows for mechanization of many farming operations, such as well-pumping, threshing, milking, and silo filling. In areas facing labor shortages, this allows for greater productivity at reduced cost. . -
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World War 2
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Lend Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. The plan thus gave Roosevelt the power to lend arms to Britain with the understanding that, after the war, America would be paid back in kind.
