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Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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. |