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8th GS 9 & 10
Chapters 9 & 10 People, Event, and Court Cases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Josephh E. Brown | The oldest, born in SC, grew up in Union county. Graduated from Yale, law office in Clayton. Elected senator 49-55, then judge for Blue Ridge. Governor 57-65, 'state's rights', go with Radical Reconstruction. GA chief justice, 80 into senate, 91. UGA Trus |
| Alfred Colquitt | Born in Walton, Grad of Princeton. Fought in Mexican-American. Senate 49, Gov 76-82, scandal - innocent. Constitution in 77, debt decreased. Senate 83 and 88. Appointed Brown to Gordon's senate. |
| John Gordon | Born 32 in Upson, UGA grad. Newspaper Corr. then Mine manager in Dade. Wrote book, Reminiscenses. Senator 72, Railroad 80, Gov 86, Senate 91. |
| Henry Grady | Coined the term New South in 74, in Atlanta Daily Herald. Athens native, then editor of Atlanta Constitution. Wanted equal races. UGA, then UVA law. Worked to establish GA Tech. |
| International Cotton Exposition | 1895, 800,000 people. Displayed the economic recovery of the south and natural resources, as well as attracted Yankees. 6,000 displays with equipment and displays. |
| Tom Watson | Pushed the Rural Free Delivery Bill in Congress. Populist, dropped out of school but still passed law test. Supported farmers and even black farmers. Congress in 1890 (senate). Served 2 years, (2x scandal). |
| Feltons - William/Rebecca | Independent Democrats. The Cartersville Courant, attacked BT. Anti-Convict Lease, Pro-Suffrage and Pro-Temperance. |
| Leo Frank | Superintendent of National Pencil Company Factory; charged in 1913 for mudering employee Mary Phagan. Jury believed Conley's testimate, though he too was a suspect. GA Gov Slaton sentenced to life, Watson called out against. Frank was lynched 1915. |
| Booker T. Washington | Black, prez of Tuskegee in AL. Believed that economic independence was only way to equality. International Cotton Exposition he gave Atlanta Compromise Speech, "Cast down your bucket!" |
| W.E.B. DuBois | Atlanta U Professor. Disagreed with Washington. Believed that knowledge was the escape and "Talented Tenth". Did not like "Tuskegee Machine" (Wash. effect on Tusk). The Souls of Black Folk, "Manly self respect..." |
| The Hopes | Born in Augusta, half black half white. Went to Worchestor and graduated from Brown. Taught at Roger Williams U. Disagreed with Washington. Friends w DuBois, protest in New York. Pres NATCS and worked YMCA. Formed ATL Center, wife Leugenia Neighborhood U. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | A Supreme Court case in which it was ruled that separate-but-equal schools were unconstitutional in 1954. |
| Alonzo Herndon | 1858, born slave in Walton. Grew up in Social Circle, after CW worked for old master for $25 a year. Barber in Jonesboro then to Atlanta. Bought small insurance company in 1905 for $140, Died in 1927, son Norris took over Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company. |
| John S. Pemberton | Atlanta druggist, French Wine Cola. Temperance forced him to remove alcohol, new recipe named Coca-Cola. In 1887, beccame ill. Sold 2/3 to Venable, fountain man w/ soda water. Died penniless. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a Louisiana law mandating separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites on intrastate railroads was constitutional. Believed to be set up. |
| Cummings v. Richmond BOE | The people complained that the Board of Education used the funds in maintaining a highschool for white children, without providing a similar school for colored children. |
| Carrie Nation | Carrie A. Nation (1846 – 1911) was a member of the suffrage and temperance movement—which opposed alcohol in pre-Prohibition America—particularly noted for promoting her viewpoint through vandalism. Nation would enter a bar and attack it with a hatchet. |
| "Little Joe" Brown | Became gov. in 1908 against Smith. "Hoke and Hunger, Brown and Bread." Watson supported. Populist. |
| Hoke Smith | 1906 - Gov. Smith-Hughes (vocational) and Smith-Lever (agricultural extension). Atlanta Evening Journal & attorney. Tried to remove corporations and priv. railroads from gov. Ran as conservative white supremist. Won by a landslide, turned power to rural. |
| Asa Candler | Bought all Coca-Cola stock in 1888. Started CC Company in 92, WEALTHY. Donated to establish Emory U & Hosp. After wife died, sold to Ernest Woodruff for $25 million. |
| Woodrow Wilson | President from 1912 to . Declared US neutral in 1914. Changed to war in 1917 after Zimmerman and Lucitania. |
| Homer Plessy | In 1892, he bought a ticket from New Orleans to Covington. He was 1/8 black. He took a seat in the whites only car and was arrested under the JC Car Act of 90. Hit Supreme Court in 96, 7-1, Marshall alone. |
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