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Tom Watson and the Populists
The public life of Thomas E. Watson is perhaps one of the more perplexing and controversial among Georgia politicians. In later years he emerged as a force for white supremacy and anti-Catholic rhetoric. -
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International Cotton
The international Cotton Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia. The location was along the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks near the present-day King Plow Arts Center development in the West Midtown area. -
Henry Grady
Henry Woodfin Grady was a journalist .Helped reintegrate the states of the Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. -
Booker T. Washington
He was the first African-American man on a U.S. postage stamp. His father was a white plantation owner. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. Facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality -
Plessy v. Ferguson
An landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. A doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
WEB DuBois
Bois was an American sociologist. Africanist, author, writer and editor. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia. Mobs killed dozens of blacks -
Leo Frank Case
In April 1913 the body of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan was found in the basement. Atlanta pencil factory where she worked. -
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World War 1
Was a global war originating in Europe that lasted. The war began because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. -
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County Unit System
County unit system was established in 1917. Primary elections from 1917 until 1962. -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Franklin Herndon was an African American entrepreneur and businessman. He is one of the first African American millionaires. -
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Great Depression
Herbert Hoover was the president when the Great Depression began. He made the mistake in 1930 of telling Americans that the worst was over. -
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Holocaust
Was a genocide during World War II. Adolf Hitler murdered some of the six million Jews. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program. United States for unemployed, unmarried men. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus. -
Richard Russell
Richard was an American politician. United States Senate for almost 40 years, from 1933 to 1971. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician who served two terms. He died before his inauguration. -
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. -
Social Security
United States Social Security Administration is an agency of the U.S. federal government. A social insurance program of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. -
Rural Electrification
Provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems. To serve isolated rural areas of the United States. -
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World War 2
This was the second world war. A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. -
Lend-Lease Act
It was the principal means for providing U.S. military. To foreign nations during World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.
