Unit 6 Test Review

made by Booker T. Washington at the International Cotton exposition which called for blacks to become proficient in agriculture, mechanics, and commerce, and for blacks to wait for civil rights

48 hour period of violence in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American men attacking white women; several African-Americans were killed

three powerful Georgia politicians (Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon) who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years

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

civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans

managing editor for the Atlanta Constitution who promoted the concept of the "New South"

disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well without a literacy test

a series of three large events (1881, 1885, 1895) established to display Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region

created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans citizenship rights and separate the races

trial where a 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 calling themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took him out of prison and lynched him in Marietta

a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pass a reading and writing test in order to register to vote

legislation proposed by Georgia Congressman Tom Watson that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country

period after Reconstruction where political and community leaders in the South sought to diversify Georgia's economy and bring Northern technology and/or investments into the state

Supreme Court case that established the 'separate but equal' doctrine thus promoting segregation

W.E.B. Dubois' concept of an elite group of college educated African-Americans who would use their talents and position to eradicate segregation in American society