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The Redemptive Era & The Bourbon Triumvirate

The Redemptive Era & The Bourbon Triumvirate. The Redemption Years. This is the era that followed A) Reconstruction B) Civil War C) The American Revolution. The Redemptive Era. It was the change in the South to the more conservative Democratic Party.

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The Redemptive Era & The Bourbon Triumvirate

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  1. The Redemptive Era & The Bourbon Triumvirate

  2. The Redemption Years • This is the era that followed • A) Reconstruction • B) Civil War • C) The American Revolution

  3. The Redemptive Era • It was the change in the South to the more conservative Democratic Party. • The early Southern Democrats (later Dixiecrats) exercised their power through such organizations as the KKK and paramilitary organizations such as the White League.

  4. The Redemptive Era • The control of southern states by the Democratic Party in the South not only signaled the end of Reconstruction but also the end of most of the civil rights that African-Americans had gained during that period. This picture illustrates the future of African-Americans in the USA.

  5. The Redemptive Era • Especially during the 1890s Redeemer governments across the South passed Jim Crow laws which segregated blacks in virtually every regard and imposed poll taxes, literacy requirements, and white’s only primaries on the black populace. These were intended to prevent them from voting.

  6. The Bourbon Triumvirate

  7. The Bourbon Triumvirate • Time span: 1870s-1890s • Goal: to reclaim the state from scalawags & carpetbaggers

  8. The Bourbon Triumvirate • Why Bourbon? • It is a reflection on their power referring to the powerful French ruling class.

  9. The Bourbon Triumvirate • Why Triumvirate? • Think about a tri-cycle! • How many people are there?

  10. The Bourbon Triumvirate • What did they do? • encouraged business and industry in Georgia • wanted to build a new South that was an economic power house

  11. The Bourbon Triumvirate • Who were they? • Use your textbook and the New Georgia Encyclopedia articles to complete the Venn diagram.

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