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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Textiles | Factories |
| Operatives | Textile workers |
| Truck crops | A crop that is not typically sold in a mass quantities, that can be easily sold from the back of a truck. |
| Farmer Alliance | Helped farmers market their crops. |
| Supply and Demend | The price farmers are willing to sell for and buyers are willing to pay for. |
| Political Bosses | Were political leaders who got people to vote for them by giving favors. |
| Conservatives | The bourbons |
| Nativism | Notion of restricting immigrants. |
| New South | textile industry for economy |
| Old South | agriculture for economy |
| Blacklisting | was given to other factory/company owners and it contained the names of the striking employees, making it difficult for them to find new work. |
| Strike | workers protesting for better working conditions. |
| Mill village | A mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, usually cotton mills or factories producing textiles. |
| Populists | A party demanded a number of reforms that many thought were far too extreme for the times! |
| Industrialization | The development of industries in a country. |