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John Ross

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Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to use legal means to fight against removal

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John Marshall

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Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester v. GA Case

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Dred Scott

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Supreme Court Ruling in 1857 that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States and were considered property by their owners

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Alexander Stephens

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Important GA politician who was a US senator, GA governor, and vice president of the Confederated States of America

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Henry McNeal Turner

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African-American GA Legislator during the Reconstruction period. He & 26 other black legislators were denied their seats in the General Assembly because of racism.

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Radical Republicans

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Group of Northern Republicans who wanted to punish the Southern States and to ensure civil rights for African-Americans. Supported the Congressional Reconstruction

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Redeemers

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Name Given to Southern Democrats who regained power in GA after reconstruction, beginning a new age of white supremacy in the South. the Bourbon Triumvirate

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Bourbon Triumvirate

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3 Powerful GA Politicians dominated GA politics for over 20 years

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W.E.B. Dubois

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Civil Rights Leader who fought for immediate social & political rights for African-Americans; founder of the NAACP

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Rebecca Latimer Felton

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GA Writer, political activist, social reformer, segregationist, and first female US senator who supported women’s suffrage.

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Henry Grady

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editor for the Atlanta Journal
newspaper who promoted the concept of the “New South”; persuaded northern investors to rebuild Atlanta and the Georgia Economy

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Herndon, Alonzo

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former slave, sharecropper, barber, owner of rental houses, and founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance company; symbol of economic success for African-Americans

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John Hope

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an important educator, civil rights leader, & social reformer; president of Morehouse and Atlanta University, member of the NAACP, husband of Lugenia Hope

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Lugenia Burns Hope

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community organizer, reformer, & social activist, supported women’s voting rights and educational opportunities for African-Americans; wife of John Hope

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Leo Frank

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Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men took Franknout of his prison cell and lynched him in Marietta

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Populist Party

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short lived political party made up of rural farmers

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Homer Plessy

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Key Member of the US supreme court case that established the separate but equal doctrine, thus promoting segregation.

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Tom Watson

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lawyer, writer, and Populist party politician from GA; most well known for his rural free delivery bill; outspoken & against the New South movement

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Eugene Talmadge

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Four Time GA Governor that fought against Roosevelt’s New Deal policies; strict segregationist

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Carl Vinson

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known as the father of the two ocean navy, brought shipyards to Savannah and Brunswick; Georgia Congressman who was an advocate for a strong US Military

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Richard Russell

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Georgia Governon and influential long term US senator. Responsible for bringing many military bases to GA; school lunch program; the CDC; but was a segregationist

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Ellis Arnall

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progressive GA Governor who is credited for restoring accreditation to the state’s colleges and universities, lowering the voting age, and abolishing the poll tax

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Ivan Allen

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mayor of Atl who was instrumental in the development of the city bringing major league sports teams to Atlanta & key figure in the civil rights movement

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William B. Hartsfield

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Atlanta’s longest serving mayor who was instrumental in bringing an airport to the city & worked with civil rights leaders

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Hamilton Holmes

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the first African-American male to integrate UGA

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Charlayne Hunter

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the first African-American female to integrate UGA

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Maynard Jackson

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first African-American mayor of a major southern city; would also help bring the Olympic Games to Atlanta; expanded the Atlanta airport

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Lester Maddox

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segregationist business owner of the Pickrick Cafe; the last segregationist governor in GA; desegregated the GA Highway Patrol & other state departments

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Benjamin Mays

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Civil Rights Activist, president of Morehouse College, and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

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Herman Talmadge

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segregationist GA Governor and US Senator; son of Governor Eugene Talmadge, Won a special election during the Three Governor’s Controversy

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Melvin Thompson

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Lieutenant Governor of GA who was part of the Three Governor’s Controversy in 1946. Lost a special election to Herman Talmadge

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Andrew Young

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important civil rights leader who served as a US ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of Atlanta; was also instrumental in bringing the 1996 Olympic Games

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Intake Officer

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a law enforcement agent who decides if there is enough evidence to bring a charge against a juvenile

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Nullify

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to make legally null & void. cancellation of a federal law

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Nullification Crisis

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South Carolina attempted to make null & void the National Tariff of 1832. As tensions increased, South Carolina threatened secession and Andrew Jackson threatened to send troops

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Syllabary

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The Written Language of the Cherokee Indians

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Treaty of New Echota

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treaty between the US Government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all
Cherokee land in the southeast to the US and allowed for their move to Indian Territory

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Treaty of New York

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treaty signed by Creek Indians & US Gov’t that ceded land to the US in return for allowing Creeks to punish non- Indian trespassers on Creek Land

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Worcester v. GA

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landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the US.

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Anaconda Plan

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Union Blockade Strategy during the Civil War that blocked Southern ports to limit Confederate imports & exports and slowly weaken the Southern economies

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Compromise of 1850

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Compromise between the North & South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act that required northern to return runaway slaves to South

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Dred Scot Case

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Supreme Court Ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the US

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Fugitive Slave Act

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act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the US

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states

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Missouri Compromise

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compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Congress banned slavery north of the 36°20’ line of Latitude

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Popular Sovereignity

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Allowing Political decisions to be made by the vote of the people; concept of the Kansas-Nebraska act

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Battle of Antietam

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Union Victory; Bloodiest one day battle in Civil War

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Battle of Chickamauga

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Confederate Victory; largest and bloodiest battle fought in Ga

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Atlanta Compromise Speech

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speech made by Booker T. Washington at the international cotton exposition; stated that blacks should accept segregation in exchange for economic opportunity; both would lead to mutual progress

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Atlanta Race Riot

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48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African American men attacking white women

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County Unit System

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a voting system that gave more power to Georgia’s rural counties than urban ones

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Disfranchisement

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to deprive a person the right to votes or rights of citizenship

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Grandfather Clause

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If a person’s father could vote before the Civil War, they would be able to vote as well; disenfranchised blacks while allowing poor or uneducated whites to be exempt from the literacy test or poll tax.

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International Cotton Exposistion

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a series of three large events established to display Atlanta’s growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region

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Leo Frank Case

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trial where leo frank was accused of murdering 13 year old mary phagan found guilty & sentenced to death

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New South

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Period after Reconstruction where political and community leaders in the South sought to diversify GA’s economy and bring Northern technology to the state

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Poll Tax

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required voters to pay a fee in order to vote

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Plessy V. Ferguson

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supreme court case that established the separate but equal doctrine, promoting segregation

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

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a New Deal program that paid farmers a subsidy not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products, which would allow farmers to earn higher profits and get out of debt

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Boll Weevil

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Insect whose larvae feed on cotton crop

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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hired unemployed young men to work on public work.

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Drought of 1924

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worst drought in GA’s history; led to economic depression in the state

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Reduction in Purchasing

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economic fears caused consumer to stop buying manufactured products, led to companies losing money and laying off employees

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Rural Electrification Act

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designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas

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Social Security Act

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provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers

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Smoot-Hawley Tariff

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a tariff on European goods that closed European markets to American businesses

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Bell Aircraft

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factory located in Marietta,GA, that produced B-29 bombers for the US war effort

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Lend-lease act

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allowed the US government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied counties in exchange for US rights in their military bases

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Liberty Ships

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US Cargo ships made during World War 2

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Savannah and Brunswick Ship Yards

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GA’s 2 deep water ports; during world war 2, 187 liberty ships were constructed there, which boosted the GA economy.

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Warm Springs

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Home to President Roosevelt’s little white house

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1946 Governors Race

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aka 3 Governors Controversy. Due to the death of the 1946 governor’s race winner, Eugene Talmadge, and recent changes to the GA State Constitution, three men had a legitimate claim to the office; the matter was settled by the Supreme Court and a special election in 1948

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1956 State Flag

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Controversial flag that flew over Ga from 1956-2001. The flag was controversial due to the flag’s prominent Confederate Battle emblem and symbolism of segregation

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Albany Movement

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An organized civil rights protest led by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee to desegregate the city of Albany, GA; failed attempt bc protestors were arrested & jailed

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Sibley Commission

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investigation by lawyer John Sibley to determine what should be done about integration in the state; though 60% of georgians claimed they would rather close public schools then integrate, Sibley recommended that local school
systems desegregate when they were ready

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Reapportionment

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Part of a Supreme Court ruling that mandated congressional districts needed to be divided by population with each district having a roughly equal number of voters

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Two Party System

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a democratic form of gov’t where two major parties dominate the political landscape

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End of County Unit System

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A political policy that gave each county a certain number of votes based on three categories (rural, town, urban) system was ended because it violated the “one man-one vote” doctrine and rural counties w/ less population had more voting power than more populated urban counties

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