Industrial&Populist Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Jim Crow laws | laws enacted in the late 1880's to separate people of different races |
Redeemers | nickname of Wade Hampton supporters who wanted to restore the south to Pre-Civil War era |
Eight Box Law | voters had to read the ballot and place it in the correct box |
Poll Tax | a tax levied as a requirement for voting |
Gerrymandering | deliberately dividing state congressional districts to get specific election results by allowing only one area of SC to have enough African American voters to elect an African American congressman |
Ben Tillaman | governor of SC; under him race relations were the worse in history |
Populists | a national political party created to represent farmers |
Bourbons | negative nickname for Wade Hampton supporters |
Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 Supreme Court decision that allowed segregation in public facilities; "separate but equal" |
Transcontinental Railroad | a railroad that linked the eastern United States with western and central parts of the country |
Lint Heads | derogatory term for people who worked in the textile mills |
Crop Lien | a loan to grow crops |
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