_____________________________________ ____________________ ____________________ __________________________ ___________ ____________________ ____________________ __________________________ ___________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ _________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ Its Heritage and Its Promise ___________________ _ ____________________ ____________________ ___________________Georgia: _ ____________________ ___________________ _ _______________________________________444 _ ____________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ 445 _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ airs. airs. _ _ __________________ ield. _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ arshall F _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ is unit examines ____________________ ___________________ and M er, _ __________________years, these roughout _ ____________________ ____________________ ________ ocked to live in urban America, ___________ tting term for a time when growth _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ ected a growing in world aff involvement _ _ __________________ h he late 1800s ushered in great change to the United 1800s ushered in great he late hhhhhhhhhh States.SSSSSSSSSSSSS to claim Settlers land streamed to the West underu the Homestead Act. Industrialists founded the greatt modern industries became that America’s corporations,c re- built mansions that and many _ _ __________________ i Georgia from Reconstruction through World War I Georgia from Reconstruction War through World _ _ __________________ h th _ _ __________________ ddd American writer is time is often called the “Gilded Age.” e early century twentieth is often called the “Progressive tt _ _ __________________ For southern states,For still agricultural and rural, this was the Th Th Unit V: ected their wealth. Cities grew as people from both American _ _ __________________ By the end of the period, the country found itself drawn into the war between European powers. called First War,” the “Great I. War we now know it as World period after Reconstruction when they were left to determine their own paths and futures. Several questions about the South remained to be answered: politics Who would control and government in the region? would the relationship What between white southerners and African Americans be? What kind of economy would the South Th have? these developments and analyzes their impact on Georgia’s people, black and white. Nothing in Georgia epitomizes the “Gilded Age” like the Jekyll Island like Age” “Gilded Nothing in Georgia epitomizes the northerners, its early Built in 1887 as a resort wealthy Club. for P. including J. some of the richest men in the country, members were Morgan, William K. Joseph Pulitz Vanderbilt, fl fl farms and European countries fl attracted by the factory jobs. thought it a fi Mark Twain and prosperity for some covered poverty and despair for many, and when the American political system was often corrupt and unfair. level the national and in the states At themselves, reform- Era.” ers passed laws to deal with the changes the problems that had brought. Some Americans also worked for more equality for African Americans and women. Th ___________________America became a growing power in the world, and American foreign policy refl _ ____________________ __________________________ ___________ ____________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________ __________________________ ___________ _ andnd the passage, _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ Market day, seen here at Newnan, gave gave Newnan, seen here at day, Market and socialize with other farming families. and socialize _ __________________ _ farmers and their families a chance to meetfarmers and their families a chance to _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ continue reading. Cite evidence to support Cite evidence or refute reading. continue prediction. your who Farmers, purposes. servedThe alliances several together come could alone most of the time, worked They for friendship and talk about their problems. buying stores, also join together in cooperative could or co-ops. fertil- The co-ops supplies—seed, bought prices. negotiate lower could tools—so they farm izer, in Georgia began in 1887. Alliance The white Farmers’ in the joined with other farmers In 1889, it successfully the monopoly (a group with exclu- South to boycott the material used to bind that sold jute, control) sive resulted in lower The boycott bales. cotton and cover new many the alliance brought That success prices. American African Georgia members and more power. startedfarmers in Georgia in 1889, alliance their own meeting in Macon. ___________________prediction, turn to page 455, fi _ __________________________ ___________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ _________________ _ nd the main idea and _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ Georgia from Reconstruction through World War I Georgia from Reconstruction War through World _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ Unit V: _ __________________ _ think the author means. you out) what gure ning the Skill a reading. interpret judgments. make conclusions. draw predictions. make _ __________________ _ • • on page 455 in is found excerpt following The • • When you cannot easily fi you When _ __________________ _ Practicing the SkillPracticing Defi your textbook. Read the excerpt and then infer and then infer textbook. Read the excerpt your Alliances think will happen to the Farmers’ you what made your have After you years. the next few over supporting details in a reading, you may have to have may you supporting details in a reading, (fi infer meaning of the literal can also go beyond Inferences to use some want may you read, you When the text. to or experiences beliefs, knowledge, own of your to can use inferences You interact with the text. ___________________446 _ _ ___________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ 447 _ _ __________________ , _ _ __________________ rst _ _ __________________ . _ _ __________________ in 1880. _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ Ben Hur _ _ __________________ A Study in Scarlet _ _ __________________ Signs of the Times _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ _________________ about $750 in 1919. LITERATURE _ _ __________________ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard _ _ __________________ about $400 a year around 1890 to about $400 a year WAGES/SALARIES ________ __________INVENTIONS _ Lew Wallace published Wallace Lew 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. World’s Louis 1904 St. The average annual salary ranged fromThe average Sherlock Holmes story, Sherlock Holmes story, Sir Arthur published the fi Conan Doyle in 1887. In 1900, L. Frank Baum publishedin 1887. In 1900, L. Frank _ _ __________________ bulb in 1879. In 1897, Campbell’s bulb in 1879. In 1897, Campbell’s _ _ __________________ introduced canned soups. The ice creamintroduced canned soups. cone and iced tea were introduced at the introduced at were cone and iced tea ___________________ the electric light invented Thomas Edison _ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ __________________________ __________ but hotels, oating _ _ _ __________________ MUSIC sank during this era in 1912. _ _ __________________ Ocean liners Kitty Hawk. ight at for the Robertfor Lee.” E. _ _ __________________ POPULATION Titanic _ _ __________________ TRANSPORTATION Hit songs of the period included the _ _ __________________ In 1903, the Wright Brothers made theirWright In 1903, the were popular as new fl popular as new were famous fl 1,542,180 in 1880; 2,609,121 by 1910 1,542,180 in 1880; 2,609,121 by “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and “Waiting and and Sing,” Voice “Lift Every ___________________ Chariot,” Sweet Low, “Swing Boy,” “Danny _ ___________________ Please Come Home,” You Won’t “Bill Bailey, _ ___________________ nineteenth-century can see late agriculturalYou Tifton. the Agrirama in at demonstrated techniques _ _____________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________