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Tom watson and the populists.
the abolition of national banks an opposition to paper money an end to speculation on farm commodities and a decrease in taxes levied on low income citizens. On this platform he campaigned and won a seat in the U.S House of Representatives representing Georgia's Tenth District in 1890. In Congress he pushed for legislation to enact various Alliance goals and he was successful in endorsing an experimental program of bringing free delivery of mail to rural areas. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org -
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International cotton exposition.
The 1881international cotton exposition buildings in Atlanta's Oglethorpe park consisted of a central building and several wings. The central building was devote to textile-manufacturing displays while the wings showcased other southern products , including sugar, rice , and tobacco. -
Plessy v. ferguson.
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".[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion written by Justice Henry Billings Brown and the dissent written by Justice John Marshall Harlan. https://en.wikipedia.org -
Booker t. washington
was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. https://en.wikipedia.org -
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Alonzo Herndon.
Born into slavery in Walton County on June 26, 1858, Alonzo Franklin Herndon
Thomas ca. She was sent adrift in the world with her two children and a corded bed and [a] few quilts She hired herself out by the day and as there was money in the country, she received as pay potatoes, molasses, and peas enough to keep us from starving.
grew up on a farm in Social Circle, forty miles east of Atlanta. He was the son of his white master Frank Herndon and a slave Sophenie. -
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1906 atlanta riot.
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john and lugenia hope
Lugenia Burns Hope was an early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and community organizer. Spending most of her career in Atlanta, she worked for the improvement of black communities through traditional social work, community health campaigns, and political pressure for better education and infrastructure. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/ -
Web dubois
was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. https://en.wikipedia.org -
Leo frank case.
A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he managed. Before the lynching of Frank two years later, the case became known throughout the nation.
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World war 1.
The war drew in all the world's economic great powers,[9] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) versus the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy was a member of the Triple Alliance alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did not join the Central Powers, as Austria-Hungary had taken the offensive, against the terms of the alliance. -
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Great depression.
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
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Agricultural adjustment act.
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. -
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Eugene Talmadge.
Eugene Talmadge was born on the family farm near Forsyth on September 23, 1884, to Carrie Roberts and Thomas R. Talmadge. After attending the University of Georgia and briefly teaching, Talmadge returned to Athens to earn a law degree. -
County unit system.
the county unit system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party passed the Neill Primary Act. Election day in Kingsland Camden County in the early 1960s before the advent of voting booths. Georgia elections were governed by the county unit system which gave more weight to rural votes than to urban votes until 1962. Even though they were home to a minority of Georgians rural counties usually decided the winners of statewide elections. -
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civilian conservation corps.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work 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. Originally for young men ages 18–25, it was eventually expanded to young men ages 17–28.