Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a "New South." To what extent was this "New South" a reality by the time of World War I? In your answer be sure to address two of the following: Economic Development, Politics, Race Relations.

The New South movement was an effort by southern leaders to integrate the South more fully with the rest of the US and to do away with the old plantation-based economy. It largely failed to gain significant momentum in terms of race relations and economic development by WWI.