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Tom Watson and the Populst
The public life of Thomas E. Watson is perhaps one of the more perplexing and controversial among Georgia General Assembly 1882 the U.S. House of Representative 1890. Although his term of elective office were short for more than thirty years his support was essential for many men running for public office in Georgia -
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International Cotton Exposition
Atlanta held its first exposition named the international cotton exposition in Oglethorpe park in 1881. Nevertheless Atlanta's were eager to host the 1881 exposition to promote investment and to help the city toward its goal of becoming an industrial center. Although attendance was lower then expected city leaders demonstrated that they could work together to host a major event. -
Leo Frank
The Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen years old girl who worked for the national pencil company. Before the lynching of Frank two years later, the case became known through out the nation. -
Henry Grady
Henry W. Grady the "spokesman of the new south" served as managing editor for the Atlanta constitution in the 1880's. A member of the Atlanta Ring of Democratic Political leaders. Grady county, created in 1905, is maned in his honor, as is Grady Memorial hospital in Atlanta. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson case in when the U.S. supreme court on May 18, 1896, by a seven to one majority advanced the constitutionality of laws. Plessy v. Ferguson was the first major inquiry into the meaning of the 14th Amendment 1868. Although the majority opinion did not contain the phrase " separate but equal it gave constitutional sanction to law designed to achieve racial segration." -
Booker T. Washington
Born a slavery on a Virginia farm, Washington (1856-1915) rose to become on of the most influential African-American intellectuals of the late 19th century. In 1881, the founded the Tuskegee institute, a black school in Alabama devoted to training teachers. Although Washington clashed with other black leaders such as W.E.B.DA Boise and drew for his seeming acceptance of segregation. -
Alonzo Herndo
An African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndo was founder and president of the Atlanta life in surance company, one of the most successful black owned insurance businesses in the nation. At the time of his death in 1927, he was also Atlanta's wealthist black citizen, owning more property than any other African American. Like so many newly emancipated blacks,the Herndos engaged in sharecropping a system that kept them only a short step from slavery for many more years. -
1960 Atlanta Riot
During the Atlanta race riot that occurred September 22-24,1906, white mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded scores of other. By the 1880's Atlanta had became the hub of the regional economy, and the city's overall population soared from 89,00 in 1900 to 150,000 in 1910. The emergence during this time of a black elite in Atlanta also contributed to racial tensions in the city. -
W.E.B DuBois
W.E.B DuBois was one of the most important African-American activists during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and supported pan-African-ism. Scholar and activist W.E.B DuBois was born on February 23,1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. -
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World War 1
World War 1 began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduchess France Ferdinand and lasted until 1918. WW1 may have been the war to end all wars, but it was also the beginning of many military and civilian technologies, during the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire the central powers fought against, Japan, Untied States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania the allied powers. -
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County Unit System
The county unit system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature overwhelming dominated by the democratic party. The act formalized what had operated as an informal system, in statute Georgia in 1898 of allotting votes by county in party primary election. The county unit system continued to be used in democratic primaries for statewide office. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was the worst economic downturn in the history of the in industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash on October 1929, which sent wall street into a panic. By 1933 when the Great Depression reached its lowest point some 15 million Americans were unemployed. -
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Holocaust
holocaust, from the Greek word "holos" (whole) and "kaustos" (burned), was historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burned. 1945, the word has taken on a new and horrible meaning: the mass murder of some 6 million European Jews by the German Nazi regime during WW2. After years of Nazi rule in Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted. -
Civilian Conservation Crops
The civilian conservation crops (ccc) was a work relief program that gave million of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. The CCC helped shaped the modern nation and state park system we enjoy today. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
American history, major New Deal program to restore agricultural prosperity by curtailing farm production, reducing export surpluses. The AAA May 1933 was an omnibus us farm relief bill embodying the schmoes of the major national farm organization. It's goal was the restoration of prices paid to farmers for their goods to level equal in purchasing power to that of 1909-14. -
Richard Russell
Richard Russell served in public office for fifty years as a state legislator governor of Georgia. Although Russell was best known for his efforts to strengthen the nation defense and to oppose civil rights. He helped to secure or maintain fifteen military installations, Russell believed that his most important legislative contribution was his authorship. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the states politics from 1926 to 1946. His three terms as state commissioner of agriculture and three terms as governor his personality and actions polarized voters into Talmadge and anti-Talmadge factions in the state one party politics of that era. States chef executive in 1946, but died before taking office. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson, recognized as "the Father of the two-oceans navy" served twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. In January 1965 he retired, he had served in the U.S congress long than anyone in history. he also set the record for service as chair of a standing committee. -
Social Security
The United States social security Administration is an independent agency of the U.S Federal Government that administers social security. The founder of the social security was Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. -
Rural Electrification
The Rural Electrification Act is a law that was passed by the U.S. congress in May 1936. It was congressional endorsement of the REA which U.S president Franklin D. Roosevelt created. The law permitted the federal government to make law cost loans to farmers for the purpose of forming rural electrical cooperatives. -
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World War 2
Coming just two decades after the last great global conflict, the second World War was the most widespread war in history, involving more than 20 countries. Sparked by Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939,the war would drag on for six deadly years. -
Lend-Lease Act
Late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the lend-lease act was the principal means for providing U.S military aid to foreign nation during world war 2. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for battle. Allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, the Soviet Union and other countries. -
Pear Harbor
Pear Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning. hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 Americans. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded.
