Document 1: Introduction to the International Cotton Expositions
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- DOCUMENT 2: DRAWING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION MAIN BUILDING, 1881
- DOCUMENT 3: CROWDS AT THE INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION, 1895
- DOCUMENT 4: EXCERPTS FROM BOOKER T. WASHINGTON’S ATLANTA COMRPOMISE SPEECH
- Final Question: Constructed Response
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DOCUMENT 1: Introduction to the International Cotton Expositions Introduction: In 1881, 1885, and 1895, Atlanta was the site of three International Cotton Expositions. These expositions were similar to the World’s Fairs held during the same time period. Primarily, the Cotton Expositions were established to promote Atlanta’s rebuilding from the Civil War, its industrial capabilities and accomplishments, and to lure northern investment into the city and region. The first two were heavily promoted by Henry Grady, but the most memorable was the exposition held in 1895. 1. What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions? ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ DOCUMENT 2: DRAWING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION MAIN BUILDING, 1881 
2. List what you see in this picture. (as many as you can!) __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does this picture teach us about the cotton expositions? ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How are people dressed in the photograph from the cotton exposition? _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does their attire tell you about the cotton expositions? ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Introduction: Booker T. Washington had been born a slave in Virginia but grew up strongly influenced by his mother, who encouraged him to read and learn. On September 18, 1895, Washington (1856-1915) delivered this speech before an audience of whites and blacks at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition. The speech represented the best public example of Washington's strategy of black accommodation1 to the existing racial segregation in the South, with a focus on achieving economic equality before making any efforts to obtain social and political equality. One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal" facilities in its Plessy v. Ferguson decision. 1. an arrangement, settlement, or compromise Read his speech below… Atlanta Compromise Speech excerpt: To those of my race who want to improve their lives in a foreign land, become friendly with the Southern white man. He is your next-door neighbor. I would say: "Cast down your bucket where you are." Cast it down in making friends with those who surround you. Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, business and serving households. It must be remembered that whatever other sins the South may have committed, when it comes to business, it is the South that will give the Negro his best chance. This Exposition is an example of this chance. We have made a great leap from slavery to freedom. However, our greatest danger is that we may overlook the fact that most of us live by the production of our hands. We must still respect common labor, and put brains and skill into the common occupations of life. There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top. Do not let your complaints be more important than our opportunities. 6. What jobs does Booker T. Washington want African Americans to have? _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What does it mean when Washington says “Our greatest danger is that we may overlook the fact that most of us live by the production of our hands.” ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why do you think Booker T. Washington wanted blacks to “accommodate” whites and just work hard instead of fight for equal rights? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Final Question: Constructed Response (that means write a GOOD paragraph, at the very least.) How did the International Cotton Exposition help the city of Atlanta (and the rest of the South)? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! 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