Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1905
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
event
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gptkbp:addresses |
civil rights
suffrage |
gptkbp:assemblyLocation |
constitutional convention
|
gptkbp:celebrates |
historical societies
|
gptkbp:controversy |
education funding
local government structure taxation policies judicial reforms |
gptkbp:criticism |
conservative policies
lack of representation of women disenfranchisement_of_African_Americans |
gptkbp:date |
1905
|
gptkbp:discusses |
economic development
infrastructure improvements labor rights racial segregation |
gptkbp:documentedIn |
historical records
|
gptkbp:duration |
several months
|
gptkbp:established |
new legislative structure
new executive powers new judicial powers |
gptkbp:heldIn |
gptkb:Atlanta
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1905
|
gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
Progressive Era reforms national political trends |
gptkbp:is_attended_by |
delegates_from_across_Georgia
|
gptkbp:is_studied_in |
academic studies
|
gptkbp:keyEvent |
U.S._history
Georgia_history |
gptkbp:led_to |
decreased local autonomy
increased state powers |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Georgia
|
gptkbp:mandates |
local governance
public education state taxation election processes |
gptkbp:notable_member |
gptkb:Joseph_M._Brown
gptkb:Hoke_Smith |
gptkbp:outcome |
adoption of a new state constitution
|
gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Georgia_Constitution_of_1877
|
gptkbp:purpose |
to revise the state constitution
|
gptkbp:resultedIn |
reduction of voter registration requirements
|
gptkbp:significance |
addressed issues of race and voting rights
|
gptkbp:succeededBy |
gptkb:Georgia_Constitution_of_1906
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gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
economic_changes_in_Georgia
political_changes_in_Georgia social_changes_in_Georgia |