The "New South" was created after Reconstruction, and was influenced by a variety of individuals, groups, and events. Which stat
ement BEST describes the influence of the group known as the Bourbon Triumvirate during this time? A) The Bourbon Triumvirate influenced state laws regarding the Freedmen's Bureau and voting. B) Increasing industry and decreasing debt were two major impacts of the Bourbon Triumvirate. C) The Bourbon Triumvirate changed how elections were held and influenced government spending. D) Improvement of public schools and educational equality were the focus of the Bourbon Triumvirate.
The correct option is B. The Bourbon Triumvirate refers to three of the Georgia's most powerful politicians of the post reconstruction era. The three politicians are: Joseph Brown, Alfred Colquitt and John Gordon. The major goals of the three politicians was to preserve the old ways of the south while industrializing the south to be more industrialized like the north.
Increasing industry and decreasing debt were two major impacts of the Bourbon Triumvirate. All three men were interested in railroads and coal-mining, and believed in white supremacy, frugal state government providing few public services, and maintaining farm and factory labor forces.
People who worked in factories lived together in small houses that were full to the brim and the idea was to go work while another sleeps, and then you sleep when others work.
