Georgia Studies
Questions/Main Ideas: / Topic: The New South~ Pgs. 312-329
1.Explain what things were rebuild in Georgia during Reconstruction? / homes, towns, businesses, farms, government, and yes, lives and hearts
2. What groups worked to change lives in Georgia during Reconstruction? / Freedmen’s Bureau,the Bourbons and the Ku Klux Klan
3. What was President Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan called? What was President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan called? / Lincoln’s Plan~ Presidential Reconstruction plan
Johnson’s Plan ~ Federal Reconstruction plan
4. Explain how Johnson’s policies lead to the disenfranchisement of freedmen during Reconstruction? / did not forcefully pursue race equality in Southern states which allowed Southern states to enforce black codes, establish terror groups like the Ku Klux Klan, and allowed for freed black slaves to be disenfranchised.
5. What political party took control of the state legislature after radical Republicans left Georgia? / The Georgia Democrats
6. Explain how freedmen were treated during the Democrats control of Georgia. / The condition of freedmen deteriorated under the rejuvenated democrat rule in south and it took another 100 years for Blacks to gain true equality; blacks were further victimize legally in the south by whites.
7. Who were the Bourbon Triumvirates? Why were they given this name? / Three Democrats~ Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon who lead Georgia through the “Redemption” period They were called the Bourbon Triumvirate or “the ruling class of three”.
8. What two ideologies did the Bourbon’s believe in? / The Bourbon Triumvirates believed that Georgia needed a stronger economy tied with the industrial north, and they believed in white supremacy.
9. What things did the Bourbon Triumvirate improve in Georgia? What things were not improved? / The Bourbon Triumvirate improved the state’s war debts by reducing it, lowered taxes, and expanded business and industry. They did little to improve or help the poor, improve education, reform factory working conditions, improve mental hospitals, or improve the lives of blacks or convicts.
10. Explain how the Felton’s policies differ from the Bourbons? / The Felton’s worked for fairness and justice for Georgians. Mrs. Felton worked for women suffrage (voting), temperance (anti-alcohol) movements in Georgia, and disagreed with the Convict Lease System.
11. Explain why Henry Grady is known as the “south’s best salesman” and the “voice of the New South”. / Henry Grady used his position as a newspaper editor to sell the concept of a “New South” to the north that helped bring jobs, recognition, and investments to the recovering Georgia economy.
12. Explain why Grady felt that the International Cotton Exposition was important to Georgia’s economic growth? / The ICE helped to attract investors to Georgia by highlighting Atlanta as a regional business center and spotlighting improvements in race relations of African Americans as partners in developing this “new south.
Vocabulary Review: Reconstruction, Redemption, & The New South (Test~ 3/1/2016)
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