HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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to attract new industries
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Oppose the New South movement
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To fight the civil war
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To give African-Americans equal rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cotton States Exposition of 1895 was a world’s fair in Atlanta held to stimulate foreign and domestic trade for a region in an economic depression. Theda Perdue uses the exposition to examine the competing agendas of white supremacist organizers and the peoples of color who participated.
Detailed explanation-2: -Atlanta held its first exposition, named the International Cotton Exposition, in Oglethorpe Park in 1881. The city then had fewer than 40, 000 residents, and the primary sense in which the first exposition was “international” was the display of cotton plants from around the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Exposition was open for 100 days, beginning on September 18, 1895, and ending on December 31, 1895. It attracted nearly 800, 000 visitors from the United States and thirteen countries. However, the exposition was plagued by financial issues.
Detailed explanation-4: -Washington’s 1895 Address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition is one of the most famous speeches in American history. The goal of the Atlanta Exposition was to showcase the economic progress of the South since the Civil War, to encourage international trade, and to attract investors to the region.