Question

the term " the new south " was coined by this journalist , who was on a mission to explain that the south plantation system was a thing of the past

Answer 1

Answer:

Henry W. Grady

Explanation:

Henry W. Grady, a newspaper editor in Atlanta, Georgia, coined the phrase the "New South” in 1874. He urged the South to abandon its longstanding agrarian economy for a modern economy grounded in factories, mines, and mills. (/Khan Academy)