1. The New South

3. Chapter 9 Section 3: Georgia’s Redemption Years
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How did politics, public discourse, and social reaction lead to divisions in Georgia after Reconstruction?
This is an essential question for this section of the chapter.

4. Section 3: Georgia’s Redemption Years
What words do I need to know?
redemption
white supremacy
Bourbon Triumvirate

5. Section 3: Georgia’s Redemption Years
What people do I need to know?
Joseph E. Brown
Alfred H. Colquitt
John B. Gordon
Rebecca Latimer Felton

6. The Bourbon Triumvirate
Who?
Powerful Democratic leaders who controlled Georgia’s government after Reconstruction were Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon.

7. When? They were active in politics from 1872-1890
Their influence lasted until the early 1900s

8. What?
Their goals were:
-expand Georgia’s economy and ties with industries in the North;
-maintain the tradition of white supremacy.

9. Decline of the Bourbon Triumvirate
“Independent Democrats” criticized the Bourbons for not attending to the needs of the poor or improve education and working conditions in factories.
Augusta, GA
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10. William & Rebecca Felton…
Leaders William and Rebecca Felton worked to improve conditions for poor Georgians using newspapers to highlight problems in the state.

11. Convict Lease System…
The convict lease system “rented” prisoners to companies to use as workers. It took many years for the poor conditions the prisoners endured to be brought to light and changed.

12. Section 4: The New South
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What changes occurred to create the era of the “New South” in Georgia?
This is an essential question for this section of the chapter.

13. What words do I need to know?
Section 4: The New South
What words do I need to know?
New South
normal school
segregation
Grange
Farmers’ Alliance
co-op

14. What people do I need to know?
Section 4: The New South
What people do I need to know?
Henry Grady

15. As your classmate recites a speech… draw what he/she is describing!
Draw what he is describing!

16. What point was he trying to make to northerners as he sought to persuade them to invest their money in building Georgia’s businesses and industries?

17. The New South Era
Challengers to the Bourbon Triumvirate wanted Georgia to be more industrialized.
Henry Grady was a speaker and newspaper editor.

18. The New South Era
Grady described Georgia as a place which could have competitive industry and more efficient farming.
Grady envisioned improved race relations in a “New South” which left its antebellum past behind.

19. Education in the New South Era
Funding to provide elementary education for all children in Georgia grew slowly from
Teachers were paid a little more than farm hands and had little or no training.
Normal schools were started to train more teachers.
The “school year” was only three months long for 2 reasons:
children to work on farms or in factories.
Not enough teachers available to work full year
The state constitution of 1877 did not allow for school
beyond 8th grade and segregated black and white students.

20. The Arts of the New South Era
Several Georgians gained fame for their work as writers:
Joel Chandler Harris’ most famous work was Uncle Remus: His Sayings and Stories;
Sidney Lanier was one of the best known poets of his time;
Charles Henry Smith wrote satire for newspapers in Georgia.

21. Agriculture in the New South Era
Crop prices declined through the 1870s.
The Grange and the Farmers’ Alliance started out as social groups but began to reorganize to put pressure on lawmakers to find ways to help farmers.
The Grange = Georgia created the first state to have a Department of Agriculture.
Farmers’ Alliance formed Co-ops = allowed farmers to work together to buy goods and equipment at a lower cost.
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