Thursday, January 14th Agenda: -Redemption -Quiz Wed/Fri Hmwk- bring earphones Warm up: Take a new green warm up sheet from the bucket. In the first box do the following. List the FOUR prehistoric Indian Groups and give TWO facts about each. P A W M

Georgia’s Redemption Years Redemption can mean recovery, deliverance, or rescue (1) For Georgia this era was a period for the state to redeem from the hardships of reconstruction.

Atlanta experienced a “rebirth” after the Civil War and began its “rise from the ashes,” slowly becoming one of the more important cities in the South.

A City Rises from the Ashes Atlanta becomes capital in 1868 Entrepreneurs, both black and white, developed new services and products. “New South Era” was a time of terrible racism and injustice. Segregation became the law of the land Women played a big role in reform.

The Bourbon Triumvirate~ (2) ruling body of three. During this time, a group of three politicians (triumvirate) dominated Georgia’s government for more than 20 years (1872 – 1890). They rotated the positions as governor and U.S. Senator. The three were democrats and supported (3) white supremacy, the belief that the white race is superior to any other race. Wanted stronger economic ties with industrial North

Political CareerRole in the Civil War Controversy Joseph E. Brown State Senate Judge Governor Chief Justice Georgia Supreme U.S. Senator Georgia’s governor during the Civil War Lost popularity for supporting Radical Reconstruction policies Alfred Colquitt1849 State Senate 1876 Governor 1883 and U.S. Senator Military leader and became Major General Illegal dealings with Northeastern Atlantic RR John B. Gordon1872 Ga’s U.S. Senator 1888 Governor 1891 U.S. Senate Fought in many Civil War battles and became lieutenant general Believed to be the Grand Wizard of the KKK

(4)Decline of the triumvirate Positive Contributions Lowered taxes Reduced war debt Expanded business and industry Criticisms Did little to help –the poor and lower middle class –Education –Improve factory working conditions –Improve mental hospitals or convicts.

Rebecca Latimer Felton William and Rebecca Latimer Felton: –William was a doctor, Methodist preacher, farmer, and public speaker. –Both were leaders of the Democratic Party Their family owned The Carterville Courant, a newspaper. (4) They used their paper as a platform to fight against the Bourbon Triumvirate and brought attention to: –Unfairness of the convict lease system –Causes of the poor and middle class (5) Rebecca was a leader in Women’s Suffrage, abolishing convict lease system and Temperance Movements In 1889, Hoke Smith asked her to be a columnist for the Atlanta Journal. She remained with the Journal for 41 years.

The Convict Lease System During the Civil War prisons were destroyed After the War, lack of jobs led to crime What was the state to do with increase of prison population? (90% were black) One solution was the Convict Lease System

(6)Convict Lease System Benefits The state did not have to support the cost of prisoners Initially, prisoners completed public works projects Criticisms Companies profited and did not care for the convicts adequately Some prisoners were worked to death Paid laborers lost out on jobs Increased the large number of poor and unemployed. Prisoners were leased out to people who would provide them with housing and food in exchange for labor.