Intro to the new south vocab slides
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- Bourbon Triumvirate
- Henry Grady
- New South Era
- Joseph E. Brown, John B. Gordon, Alfred H. Colquitt were the three in the Bourbon Triumvirate and they encouraged growth in business and industry. They pushed Georgia to become more self-sufficient by producing and manufacturing its own goods.
- International Cotton Exposition
- He was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper from 1880 to 1899. He was a vocal supporter of industry in Georgia. He described the rebuilding as the "New South" and the name stuck as the New South Era.
- Populist Party
- We support you and the populist party for helping us out here in the south!
- In a famous speech, Henry Grady described the south as a region rebuilding toward a brighter future. The name stuck and from 1877 to the mid-1890s is called the New South Era.
- Tom Watson
- Atlanta hosted the International Cotton Exposition, industrial fairs that spotlighted attention on the states's cotton textile industry.
- The populist party represented farmers and the "little people" (non-big business) throughout the south, and they challenged the dominant democratic party in Georgia by threatening to split the white vote and bring black republicans under the influence.
- Was the most influential Populist leader in Georgia. In 1890, he started his national political career by running as a democrat for congress. He was sympathetic for farmers
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