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3.) Which group developed in opposition to the Bourbon Triumvirate? Farmer’s Alliance – Populist Party (People’s Party)

14^th Amendment: Gave rights of citizenship to all men.

15^th Amendment: Guaranteed voting for all men.

18^th Amendment: Prohibition

19^th Amendment: Women’s right to vote.
9.) Describe the convict lease system. system of penal labor practiced in the south; provided prisoner labor to private parties, such as plantation owners and corporations. The businesses was responsible for feeding, clothing, and housing the prisoners.

10.) Who started the phrase "The New South"? Henry Grady

11.) What was the concept of the “New South” supposed to mean?

The original use of the term "New South" was an attempt to prescribe an attractive future based on a growing economy, particularly industry. Also, it denoted the end of slavery.
12.) What was the reality of “New South”? Industry does become the focus but white supremacy still is the law of the land.

13.) What bill did Tom Watson help get passed in Congress that still benefits many of us today?

14.) Define disenfranchisement. Loss of the vote

16.) How were blacks disenfranchised during the New South era? Give 5 examples of disenfranchisement used during the Jim Crow Era and describing them.

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  Poll Tax – tax put on voters in order to vote
  
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  Literacy Test – test to make sure you can read or write
  
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  Grandfather Clause – you were able to vote if your grandfather or father could vote in 1867. This helped poor whites who could not read/write or afford the poll tax
  
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  White Primary – Most elections were decided at the primary level (the election that voted for each party prior to the general election) in the South, mainly because most voters were democrats.
  
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  Gerrymandering – changing the boundaries of a voting/school district based on something that benefits certain people (usually based on race or economic standing)
  

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  Plessy vs. Ferguson – backs up the “Separate but equal” idea. IN an orchestrated event, Homer Plessy boards a train and says he is black (1/8). He refuses to move to the back. Goes to National Supreme Court. Court decided that social equality is not part of the 14^th Amendment – de jure racial segregation in the U.S. is enacted. Plessy loses.
  
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  Cumming vs. Board of Education of Richmond Co. – Richmond County enacts a $45,000 tax to build a white high school. At the same time, they close the black high school. Three African American parents sue Richmond County. The Lower Court rules in favor of the three parents but the appeal is sent to the state and is overturned, stating that blacks are not required to attend school beyond the 8^th grade. The parents appeal again and the National Supreme Court rules it is a state matter and refers to the State Decision.
  

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  Promote southern economy, particularly industry
  

24.) Explain the County Unit System, the dates it was in use, and why it violated the principal of “one man, one vote.”