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1
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who created the idea of the talented tenth

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w.e.b. dubois

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what group formed after leo frank’s sentence was reduced; who were they really

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the knights of mary phagan; the kk

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whyd farmers criticize henry grady

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his “New South” vision prioritized industrial development (factories) over traditional agriculture (farming)

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what was the convict lease system compared to

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slavery

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what was the freedmans bureau

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agency that helped formerly enslaved people and poor whites qith needs of food, shelter, and clothes

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what were the redeemers beliefs on racial equality

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agreed with segregation

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what was booker t washington’s early life like

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born into slavery in virginia; went to college and became a professor

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when were black legislatures elected to the Georgia General Assembly

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1867

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what was the international cotton expo

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a world’s fair held in atlanta, primarily designed to showcase the progress made in the South

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whats a primary election

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candidates in the primary are chosen for the general election

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what 2 new farming systems were created after the civil war since slavery was banned

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sharecropping and tenant farming

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what was the plessy vs ferguson case hope the achieve

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hoped the legally end segregation from a decision made by the supreme court

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what amendment did the gov ratify in order to prevent laws like the black codes? whatd it do?

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15th amendment; gave voting rights to all races

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what were booker t washingtons accomplishements

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first principal of the tuskegee institute of alabama

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howd the bourbon triumvirate want to fix georgias economy

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developing railroads, mining industries, factories, low taxes (to bring in new business)

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why was the city of columbus important

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it allowed hydroelectricity to be used because of the fall line

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17
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who was alonzo herndon

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born into slavery but then owned 3 barber shops, made the atlanta mutual insurance company, and was associated with NAACP

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Why were textile mills created

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so ga could use its own cotton to make finished goods

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what was ruled in the leo frank case

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it was said that leo frank killed mary phagan and was given the death penalty

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20
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where was the international cotton expo held

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piedmont park

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who were the redeemers? what were their goals?

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democrats; wanted to rebuilt the economy and resist racial equality for the freedman

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whyd people criticize how henry grady portrayed the racial issues of ga in his articles

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he didnt talk about slavery and only focuses on the good

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23
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who was responsible for murdering a member of the black legislatures

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kkk

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24
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what did congress do about the kkk

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passed laws to try and fight against them

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how did president grant and the congress’s effort to fight the kkk impact them

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the kkk disbanded in 1871

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what was the convict lease system

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renting convicts to private business to work for free

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what had to be rebuilt economically during the reconstruction period

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infrastructure (houses, railroads, factories) and economy

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28
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who won the plessy vs ferguson case

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plessy loss

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29
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what is a scalawag

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southerners who support republican party

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30
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where did w.e.b dubois graduate

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harvard

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31
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what was the rural delivery act

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ensured that mail was delivered to people in rural areas

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32
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when was the kkk founded and by who

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1865; former confederate soldiers

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33
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who was replaced by tom watson when he died; why were they important

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replaced by Rebecca Latimer Felton (for a day); she was the first woman

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34
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what time period was the redemption era

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1870-90

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35
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what was the purpose of the jim crow laws

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to limit the rights of black people

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36
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where did the name jim crow laws come from

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named after a fictional black minstrel character (very racist show)

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what was w.e.b. dubois early life like

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born in massachusetts (north so not born into slavery) and then went to college in tennessee and saw jim crow which caused him to want to end slavery

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howd the bourbon triumvirate keep power

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rotated positions as governor and senator

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39
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who eneded the atlanta race massacre

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the business owners

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what was different about andrew johnsons plan from lincolns plan

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he resisted granting the freedman their rights and pardoned confederate leadership

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what was the name of the girl who was murdered at the factory during the leo frank case

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mary phagan

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42
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whatd abraham lincoln want the south to do to rejoin the union

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pass 13th amendment, 10% plan

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whats the primary difference between sharecropping and tenant farming

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tenant farmers had more than their labor (came with tools and supplies) sharecroppers could only provide their service

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44
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whats anti semitism

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hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews

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45
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whyd tom watson originally get into politics

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he wanted to end the convict lease system and make public education free

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what had to be rebuilt politically during the reconstruction period

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the union (adding the south back in and making everyone get along) and adding freedman into society

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47
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why was the separate but equal doctrine not really equal

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the black facilities were inferior to the white ones

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48
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what economic problems did the south face after the civil war

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cities/farms destroyed, destroyed labor force, no more slavery, 1/4 of white male population dead, destroyed railroads, economy had to be completely changed

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whyd the redeemers encourage buyiing grain from north and building factories in ga

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they wanted strong economic ties with the industrial north

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what was the cause of the atlanta race massacre

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newpapers made rumors that black men attacked white women and it started riots

51
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who were the radical republicans

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republicans who wanted stricter punishments for the south than lincoln

52
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what was created as a result of the plessy vs ferguson case

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seperate but equal doctrine

53
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who wasnt granted citizenship in lincons reconstruction plan; why

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confederate leaders; he didnt want them to serve in the gov and gain too much power

54
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whyd the bourbon triumvirate like the convict lease system

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they supported slavery

55
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what was the bourbon triumvirate view on slavery

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they were white supremacists who liked segregation/slavery

56
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why was homer plessy arrested

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he sat on a ‘whites only’ train car in Louisiana because he looked white but was 1/8th African american

57
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whats the naacp stand for

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national association for the advancement of black people

58
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what attractions were available at the cotton expo

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ferris wheel, movies, equipment, farming practices, different crops, and speakers on racial equality

59
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where did mlk graduate

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morehouse college

60
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who was leo frank

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jewish factory manager who was accused of murdering a 13 year old girl who worked at the factory

61
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what was the talented tenth

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top 10 percent of african americans (wealthiest and most educated) should use thier talent for social change/ end slavery

62
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what was the separate but equal doctrine

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segregation was legal as long as there were the same facilities for black and white people

63
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what was advertised at the international cotton expo

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atlantas industrial capabilities (new factories n stuff) after the civil war

64
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what did the redeemers want to do for georgia

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grow less cotton and more foods and buy grain from the north

65
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who spoke at the international cotton expo on race, business, and politics

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booker t washington

66
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whatd the freedmans bureau focus on later

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education

67
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why were sharecropping and tenant farming accused of being similar to slavery

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farmers bought more than they made so they got in debt and ended up working hard hours for free to pay it off

68
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what was the grandfather clause

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if someone’s grandfather could vote before the civil war they could vote and didnt have to do the literacy test or the poll tax

69
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what was the atlanta mutual insurance company

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offered life insurance to black people and was ran by black people

70
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how does congress respond to black codes

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make the 14 amendment (anyone born in Us is a citizen and has the rights states in the constitution)

71
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whats a tenant farmer

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farmers would rent land from landowners and would repay them with money from crops they grew. they usually came with their own tools, animals, and equipment so had to borrow less

72
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who was the first black man to graduate from harvard university

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w.e.b dubois

73
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what was the goal of the international cotton expo

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to bring rich northern investors into georiga

74
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what was alonzo’s early life like

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born into slavery

75
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what does the naacp do today

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they give out scholarships and legal help- people mistreated by the law

76
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what was the white primary

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only whites could vote in a primary election (so it didnt matter who won the election if they were all white supremacists)

77
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who said “in all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress”

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booker t washington

78
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whats the poll tax

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taxes on voting (poor freedman couldnt give up any money)

79
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what was the army sent to do to the black legislatures in ga? why was it unsuccessful?

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reinstate them; came too late and the legislatures had been attacked, arrested, harassed, and killed

80
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what political party took power in ga after Reconstruction ended

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republicans

81
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what was the 10% plan

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10% of adult male population would have to take an oath of loyalty to the union

82
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what was booker t washington’s solution to ending slavery

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thought black people should focus on making money and getting jobs; they shouldnt try to resist inequality and that it would end naturally over time

83
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what did the tuskegee college focus on

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training teachers and on teaching practical skills like farming, carpentry, shoemaking

84
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what did the knights of mary phagan do

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they lynched (hung) leo frank near the big chicken

85
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Who was Henry Grady

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reporter/journalist who made the idea of the ‘new south’

86
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who later became a supremacist and got elected to the senate

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tom watson

87
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whatd the congressional plan want to require the south to do to join the union

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13 and 14 amendment had to be passed

88
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what was the goal of the poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause, and white primary

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they were all meant to take away voting rights from black people

89
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what played a role in the creation of georgia tech

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international cotton expo

90
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whats the time period that followed the civil war called

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reconstruction period (1865-77)

91
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why were business owners worried about the impact of riots during atlanta race massacre

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people lost their jobs and so the companies lost money

92
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whats a sharecropper

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a farmer who who works on a landowners property. they buy tools and necessities from the landowner but pay for them out of their profit made working. they receive some of the crop profits minus charges.

93
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who were the freedman

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someone who got released from slavery

94
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why’d henry grady call atlanta the ‘new south’

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hoped the make atlanta a modern industrial city

95
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who started the naacp

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w.e.b dubois

96
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what was the purpose of the naacp

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civil rights organization that fought against lynching and unfair treatment of african americans

97
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why was rebuilding the railroads a major focus for ga during the civil war

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allowed exports to be sold to a wider range of areas

98
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how did lincoln want to treat the south after the war and why

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he was lenient because he wanted to be peaceful

99
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what was the atlanta compromise speech about

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how african americans should get better treatment

100
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what were the goals of the kkk

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wanted to resist the norths reconstruction efforts, segregation, limited rights for freedman, and to control the government

101
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what is a carpet bagger

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northerner who moved to the south; white republicans

102
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what happens to the south when they refuse to ratify the 14th amendment

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theyre put under martial law

103
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why was leo frank’s sentance lowered to life in prision

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the government questioned the case and thought the janitor did it

104
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how did w.e.b dubois view booker t washingtons views on ending slavery

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didnt agree with them; thought his idea limited opportunity on what people were allowed to learn and didnt think education was just to get a job and that actively fighting was better

105
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who was given the nickname of non-citizens

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first black legislatures

106
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what was the final state readmitted to the union

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georiga

107
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howd the south’s economy change after the civil war in the goods it produced

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since the price of cotton dropped and they didnt have slaves they had to make up that loss

108
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whyd atlanta become the capital in 1867

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became busy with industry, new residents, and railroads

109
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what was the literacy test

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reading test to decide if you could vote (freedman couldnt read/didnt have an education)

110
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who did the kk target and how

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used terrorism, voilence, and murder to intimidate black people, republicans, members of the freedmans bureau, and carpet baggers

111
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what was the bourbon triumvirate

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3 politicians who had a lot of power in ga’s gov during redemption era

112
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what hbcu in atlanta were created by freedmans bureau

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morehouse college and clark atlanta university

113
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what was the populist party

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a party that wanted to support farmers and the poor

114
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what were the black codes

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black people in the south couldnt vote, testify in court against white people, or serve as jurors

115
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why was booker t washington’s view of how to end slavery criticized

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his process was too slow and people thought he was expecting them to accept the unfair treatment

116
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what does hbcu stand for

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historically black colleges and universities

117
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what political party was in control of georgia during the redemption era

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democrats

118
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what speech did booker t washington deliver and where

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atlanta compromise speech at the cotton expo

119
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why were the newly elected black legislators kicked out of office

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accused of crimes, being illiterate, called “non citizens”

120
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why was booker t washingtons speech called accommodationism

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people thought he was asking black people to except segregation which wouldve helped white people

121
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what did president grant do about the kkk

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he used the army to fight against them

122
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what group in congress disagreed with lincoln and johnsons plan to not punish the south

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radical republicans

123
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what does disenfranchisement mean

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being denied the right to vote

124
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when was the kkk recreated

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1900s (world war 1 and 2)

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