RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
LIFE IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
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The International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta
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Industrial fairs were held to draw attention to the possibilities in the South
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Henry Grady wrote about how the South was changing for the better
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Henry W. Grady, a newspaper editor in Atlanta, Georgia, coined the phrase the “New South” in 1874. He urged the South to abandon its longstanding agrarian economy for a modern economy grounded in factories, mines, and mills.
Detailed explanation-2: -A passionate journalist and charismatic public speaker, Henry Woodfin Grady was known as the “The Spokesman of the New South.” In the late 19th Century, he engaged in a near one-man campaign to bring prosperity to Atlanta and the rest of the South, so damaged and depressed from the recent American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Grady, then the 46-year-old editor-publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was one of the leading advocates of the New South creed.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the war, Henry Grady graduated from the University of Georgia and began a career in journalism. In 1874, he published an editorial in the Atlanta Daily Herald titled “The New South, ” in which he argued that the south should develop its industries and railroads in order to rebuild its economy and society.
Detailed explanation-5: -Some southerners promoted a new vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation. Railroads and the expansion of markets led to increased industrial production and new city development.