Ch. 11
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Industrial Revolution | shift in the economy from agricultural to manufacturing
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| Vanderbilt | Made his fortune in RAILROADS
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| Rockefeller | His Standard Oil Company had a monopoly on the OIL industry
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| Carnegie | Used the Bessemer process to make millions from STEEL
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| capitalists | those who invest in businesses and run them for profit
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| laissez-faire | "let it alone" policy of government/economy
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| yellow journalism | sensationalized reporting; used during the Spanish-American War
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| USS Maine | US ship that was protecting Cuba and was thought to have been blown up by the Spanish, prompting war
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| Spanish American War | "Splendid Little War" that ended in 10 weeks and resulted in the US gaining territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
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| imperialism | increasing a nation's power by gaining control over other countries
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| deflation | falling prices
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| cotton | Southern crop that declined in value and was overproduced
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| gold standard | gold is used o set the value of all money
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| phosphate | material that was mined in SC and used for fertilizer
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| textiles | items made of cloth (thread, clothing, towels, sheets, etc.)
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| mill village | community where factory workers lived, often on the edge of streams
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| resort towns | Southern cities that Northerners visited to get away and enjoy the fresh air
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| Bourbons | Political group who wanted to redeem SC to the "good old days" before the Civil War
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| Wade Hampton III | Democrat who was SC governor and US Senator and passed the Eight Box Law to disfranchise the black vote
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| convict lease system | made prisons pay for themselves by having prisoners work (railroads, mining, plantations, etc.)
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| Tillman | farmer who was supported by the Populist Party
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| Populism | the "common people" including farmers and factory workers
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| Clemson | College created for agriculture
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| Winthrop | Female college created for teaching
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| Dispensary | SC state government monopoly of liquor sales
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| prohibition | outlawing of all alcoholic beverages
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| Constitution of 1895 | Document that outlines the government for SC; written by Tillman and intended to prevent blacks from voting
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| segregation | separation of the races
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| Plessy vs. Ferguson | 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal" was legal
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| Jim Crow system | Segregation and discrimination that began in the late 1800s
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