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8th - GA Studies: Progressive Era

End of Reconstruction/ Progressive Era

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Leo FrankA Jewish man accused and lynched for the death of Mary Phagan in Atlanta, anti-Semitism involved.
Archduke Franz FerdinandHis assassination by a Serbian Nationalist led to the start of WW1.
Tom WatsonPopulist leader in Georgia
Brown,Colquitt and GordonBourbon Triumvirate
John and Lugenia Burns HopeSupporters of public education, job opportunities, and recreational facilities for African- Americans.
Henry GradySpokesman for the "New South"
WEB Du BoisThe founder of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP
Rebecca Latimer FeltonSupporter of women's suffrage, prohibition, and the end of the convict lease system.
Alonzo HerndonSuccessful business man who established the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company.
Booker T. WashingtonFamous educator and civil rights advocate who gave the Atlanta Compromise Speech
county unit systemA system that was established as a way of giving votes in primary elections.
nationalismDevotion and loyalty to one's own ethnic background or country of origin.
populistsA polical party that supported farmers.
disenfranchisementThe act of denying a person the right to vote.
separate but equalThe idea that it was legal to keep the races separate as long as there were equal facilities.
labor unionThe organization of workers formed to improve workers wages, benefits, and working conditions.
muckrakerName given to writers of the Progressive Era who wrote about the problems of American life in the early 20th century.
Jim Crow LawsLaws that mandated the segregation of African-Americans and whites.
ethnic groupA group of people that share a common and distinctive culture.
suffragettesName given to people who fought for women's right to vote.



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