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Henry Grady
American journalist and speaker who helped achieve industrial development in the South. -
Tom Watson and the Populist
In 1892, the Georgia policy was threatened by the arrival of the populist party of Tom and Watson -
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International Cotton Exposition
The exposition of cotton was carried out to be able to promote the production of cotton in the world and be able to take it to Latin America -
Eugene Talmadge
A populist Democrat who stoked fierce loyalty among rural whites in the 1930s and '40s, Gov. Talmadge unflinchingly defended segregation in Georgia. -
Booker T. Washington
He had a great influence on the racial relations of the south and was the dominant figure in black public affairs from 1895 until his death in 1915. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of 1896 that confirmed the constitutionality of racial segregation under the doctrine "separate but equal". -
Alonzo Herndon
He was an African-American businessman who founded and was the first president of Atlanta Life Insurance Company -
1906 Atlanta Riot
Riots in Atlanta. The Atlanta Racial Riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia -
WEB DuBois
He was an African American scholar, editor and activist. Du Bois was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of People of Color. -
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World War I
It was one of the great slopes of the geopolitical history of the twentieth century. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties. -
Leo Frank Case
A Jew in Atlanta was tried and convicted for raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he administered. -
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County Unit System
This system is similar to the electoral college concept, the primary careers for the state office were not determined by the total vote in the state but rather county by county -
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Great Depression
It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah was a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Established by Congress on March 31, 1933, it provided jobs for unemployed youth during the Great Depression. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Was a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. -
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. -
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. -
Social Security
Created Social Security in the United States, and is relevant for US labor law. -
Rural
In a derogatory sense, it means provincial, boorish, or crude; in a favorable sense, it may suggest ruggedness or a homelike rural charm. -
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World War II
Was unprecedented and brought the world closest to the term total warfare. On average 27,000 people were killed each day between September 1, 1939. -
Lend-Lease Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt summarized the Lend-Lease Act as "helping to put out the fire in your neighbor`s house before your own house caught fire and burned down." -
Pearl Harbor
As a wave of shock surged from Pearl Harbor burning waters the nation stood in awe of the destruction wrought by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the U.S. Pacific Fleet
