Chapter 19 Flashcards
The confederacy had lost the war because it relied too much on
King Cotton and slavery. In the future the South must follow the North’s example and diversify its economy by developing an industrial sector to go along with its agricultural emphasis
According to Grady, the postwar South
Held the promise of a real democracy, one could no longer run by planter aristocracy and non longer by slave labor
The chief accomplishment of the New South movement was a dramatic expansion of the
Region’s textile industry
Washington Duke did what?
Took a barnful of tobacco and beat it out with hickory sticks and sold tobacco
James Buchanan Duke wanted even greater success, so
He pouted large sums into advertising schemes and perfected the mechanized mass production of cigarettes
With his competitors, they founded the
American Tobacco company. Later convicted in violation if the Sherman Anti-Trust Acts. Duke later invested un hydroelectric power and aluminum
What were other industries that came up in the south?
Coal, iron ore, and steel
Urban industrial growth meant the need for houses, so the
Lumbering industry grew immensly
By 1900, the South still remained the
Least prosperous region
What made it more difficult to own land in the South?
Sagging prices for crops,
What were sharecroppers?
They worked under a single laborer, and worked for seed, fertilizer, supplies and a share of the crop
This system became corrupt because of the
Intense suspension between the land owners and landowners would often not give their workers a proper share of the crop
What Was the crop-lien system?
Rural merchants furnished supplies to small farm owners in return for liens (or mortgages) on their future crops
Per capital black income was
1/3 of a white’s
The black illiteracy rates was nearly
50 percent
What were redeemers!
Supporters of these postwar democratic leaders that supposedly saved the South from Yankee domination, as well as the straitjacket of a purely rural economy
What Were the Bourbons
They had forgotten nothing and to have learned nothing in the ordeal of the Confederacy and the Civil War.
Bourbon governors and legislators of the New South slashe
State expenditures, including those for the public school systems
The ultimate paradox of the Bourbons was that
As white supremacists, they tolerated a lingering black voice in politics and showed no haste to raise the barriers of racial segregation in public places
Under the Bourbons, the disenfranchisement of African American voters remained
Inconsistent, a local matter brought about mainly by fraud and intimidation, but it occurred enough to maintain control for the whites
By promoting the growth of industry, the Bourbons led the South into
A new economic era, but without sacrificing a mythic reverence for the Old South
The post Civil War West offered the
Promise of democratic individualism, economic opportunity, and personal freedom that long before go come to define the American dream
However, the colonization of the Far West was a
Tragedy of shortsighted greed and irresponsible behavior,decimated wildlife,and nearly exterminated Native American culture
These African American migrants ware known as
Exodusters, because they were making their exodus from the South
