Ch 18 Flashcards
Henry Grady
Editor of the Atlanta Constitution that proposed the idea of a “New South” after seeing industry influence coming mostly from the North.
Subsistence farming
Type of farming where families produce what they need to live on.
James Bonsack
Invented a machine to roll cigarettes that helped boom the tobacco industry.
Birmingham
Referred to as “The Pittsburgh of the South” because of its iron and steel industry.
Tobacco
Between 1860 and 1890, Americans spent more money on luxuries instead of clothes and shoes.
Disenfranchise
To deprive someone of their rights.
Segregation
Separation of races.
Redeemers
White Democrats in southern states who vowed to end the Republican rule during the post-reconstruction era.-
Jim Crow laws
Term used to describe statutes put in place for the separation of blacks from whites.
John Wesley Powell
American scientist that tried and failed to persuade the federal government to establish political boundaries in the West according to the availability of water resources.
Liquor
Killed more Indians, along with diseases, during the First Sioux War rather than combat.
George Armstrong Custer
American Colonel known as a ***** killer because of his cruel ways against Indians.
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle in which Crazy Horse and the Sioux tribe killed Custer and showed the unity of Sioux and Cheyenne tribes.
Dawes Act
Purpose was to lift Indians more towards American society and out of poverty.
Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad linking the West to the East and establishing a secure trade route across the United States.
