Richard Russel 1931-1933

From: MexicoDestroys Cotton!!Destroys ByHatch the yellow flower of cotton Then, when become boll larvae feeds on the cotton to make cotton useless.The drought of 192...

Tenant FarmingLandowner provides house and land. Landowner received set amount of cash or a portion of crop at end of season. Tenant farmers usually made small...

•landowners needed laborers to work their large farms•two systems emerged– tenant farming– sharecropping.•cotton - GA’s most important crop•continuous growing of tobacco ...

•election of 1867–first time African Americans voted.•several African Americans elected to GA’s General Assembly•Rev. Henry McNeal Turner–one of first black men elected i...

Original purpose was to help booth former slaves and poor whites cape with their everyday problem by offering them clothing, food, and other necessities.Later became to h...

One of the secret organization that tried to keep freedmen from exercising their new civil rights.This organization began 1865 Pulaski, Tennessee as social group for retu...

•President Johnson–appointed James Johnson as GA’s provisional Governor•Governor Johnson held a Constitutional Convention–representatives voted•abolished slavery•repealed...

Passed in December 1869Congressional legislation that returned Georgia to military leader which was the 3rd time after the Civil War.

All male vote (15th amendment)Free public education to all children.Women to control own property(1st amendment)Moved convention from Milledgeville to Atlanta

13th AmendmentMade slavery illegal.

・Life Expectancy44.1 years for white males, 46.4 years for white females in 1870.・Costs of LivingVaried but, depending on the section of country. Rent averaged $10-$...