FlashcardsChapter19
Term
Description
New South
Atlanta Constitution editor Henry W. Grady’s 1886 term for the prosperous post - Civil War South: democratic, industrial, urban, and free of nostalgia for the defeated plantation South. (page 791)
Sharecropping
Type of farm tenancy that developed after the Civil War in which landless workers – often former slaves – farmed land in exchange for farm supplies and a share of the crop; differed from tenancy in that the terms were generally less favorable. (page 794)
Redeemers
In post - Civil War southern politics, redeemers were supporters of postwar Democratic leaders who supposedly saved the South from Yankee domination and the constraints of a purely rural economy. (page 795)
Bourbons
In post - Civil War southern politics, the opponents of the Redeemers were called Bourbons. They were known for having forgotten nothing and learned nothing from the ordeal of the Civil War. (page 796)
Panning
A method of mining that used a large metal pan to sift gold dust and nuggets from riverbeds during the California gold rush of 1849. (page 804)
George A. Custer (1839 - 1876)
He was a reckless and glory-seeking Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Army who fought the Sioux Indians in the Great Sioux War. In 1876, he and his detachment of soldiers were entirely wiped out in the Battle of Little Bighorn. (page 805)
Great Sioux War
In 1874, Lieutenant Colonel Custard led an exploratory expedition into the Black Hills, which the United States government had promised to the Sioux Indians. Miners soon followed and the army did nothing to keep them out. Eventually, the army attacked the Sioux Indians and the fight against them lasted for fifteen months before the Sioux Indians were forced to give up their land and move onto a reservation. (page 805)
Ghost Dance movement
This spiritual and political movement came from a Paiute Indian named Wovoka (or Jack Wilson). He believed that a messiah would come and rescue the Indians and restore their lands. To hasten the arrival of the messiah, the Indians needed to take up a ceremonial dance at each new moon. (page 808)
Range wars
In the late 1800s, conflicting claims over land and water rights triggered violent disputes between farmers and ranchers in parts of the western United States. (page 813)
Frederick Jackson Turner
An influential historian who authored the ‘Frontier Thesis” in 1893, arguing that the existence of an alluring frontier and the experience of persistent westward expansion informed the nation’s democratic politics, unfettered economy, and rugged individualism. (page 816)
