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Who is Henry Grady.
His idea of the New South was to increase industrialization by using local resources, including agricultural resources.
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Who is Abraham Lincoln.
The "ten percent plan" was part of my vision for the new south.
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What are the Jim Crow Laws.
Laws passed to enforce the policy of segregation.
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Who is Alonzo Herndon
Multiracial man who began one of the largest African American owned businesses in America.
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What is the County Unit System.
Rural areas were allowed to have an equal vote with the urban areas due to this.
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What is a Poll Tax.
This required a person to pay money before being allowed to vote, thus eliminating many blacks and poor whites from voting.
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Who is Booker T. Washington.
Founder of Tuskegee Institute.
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What is the Bourbon Triumvirate.
This group's main goal was to strengthen Georgia's economy.
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What is a sharecropper.
Owned no property or equipment, but worked the land for no profit.
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What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Group that sought white supremacy by intimidating black voters.
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What is the 13th Amendment.
This amendment eliminated slavery in the U.S. and was required by Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan.
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What is a tenant farmer.
Owned some property and equipment, and worked the land for some profit.
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What is the Freedmen's Bureau.
The group that supervised the transition of slaves into freedom.
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What is the 15th Amendment.
Before Georgia was admitted to the union for the second time, it gave all male citizens the right to vote by ratifying this amendment.
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What is Terminus.
Another name for Atlanta.
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