<span>He called it a reforming purge that was designed to help the
country. In reality, it was done to make room for his own party because
it was the spoil system in which the governmental positions would go to
party members, not to those who actually deserve it. During his first
term, he changed as much as 20% of government workers.</span>
Answer:
Georgia's 1956 Flag
In 1955 the Atlanta attorney and state Democratic Party leader John Sammons Bell began a campaign to substitute the square Confederate battle flag for the red and white bars on Georgia's state flag.
State Flag, 1956-2001
State Flag, 1956-2001
Along with Bell, state senators Jefferson Lee Davis and Willis Harden, who were well known for their interest in Georgia's Confederate history, agreed to introduce legislation to change the state flag. Some legislators favored the adoption of a standard state flag as an appropriate way to mark the upcoming centennial of the Civil War. A strong impetus for change, however, was the 1954 and 1955 Brown v. Board of Education decisions, which were bitterly denounced by most Georgia political leaders. The entire 1956 legislative session was devoted to Governor Marvin Griffin's platform of "massive resistance" to federally imposed integration of public schools. In this charged atmosphere, legislation to put the Confederate battle flag on Georgia's state flag sailed through the General Assembly.
Explanation:
State Flag, 1956-2001
The Qin dynasty built the Great Wall of China
Answer:
Texas derived its name from a Caddo word from which means <u>friend.</u>
Explanation:
The word is "teyshas" and while it means friends, it also can mean allies.
Spanish explorers recorded it as Teyas or Tejas in the 1540s, believing that it was a tribal name. Later, it was applied to areas north of the Rio Grande and east of New Mexico.
The state's motto, "friendship," still reflects that heritage.
I'm pretty sure it was a democratic group.
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