America: A Narrative History Chapter 18
Textile industry - ANSCommercial production of thread, fabric & clothing from raw cotton in mills
in New England during the first half of the 19th century, in the south during the late 19th century
American Tobacco Company - ANSBusiness founded in 1890 by NC's James Buchanan Duke,
combined major tobacco manufacturers of the time, ultimately controlling 90 percent of country's
cigarette production
Redeemers - ANSPost civil-war democratic leaders who supposedly saved the south from
Yankee domination & reserved primarily rural economy
Crop-lien system - ANSCredit system used by sharecroppers & share tenants who pledged a
portion ("share") of their future crop to local merchants/landowners in exchange for farming
supplies & food
Sharecroppers - ANSPoor, mostly black farmers who would work an owner's land in return for
shelter, seed, fertilizer, mules, supplies & food as well as substantial share of the crop produced
Share tenants - ANSPoor farmers who rented land to farm in exchange for a substantial share
of the crop, though they would often have their own horse/mule, tools & line of credit with a
nearby store
Mississippi plan - ANSSeries of state constitutional amendments in 1890 which sought to
severely disenfranchise black voters & was quickly adopted by other southern states
"Separate but equal" - ANSPrinciple underlying legal racial segregation, which was upheld in
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) & struck down in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Atlanta Compromise - ANSSpeech by Booker T Washington that called for black community to
strive for economic prosperity before attempting political & social equality
Exodusters - ANSAfrican Americans who migrated west from the South in search of a haven
from racism & poverty after the collapse of Radical Republican rule
Boomtown - ANSTown, often in the west, that developed rapidly due to the sudden influx of
wealth and work opportunities; often male-dominated with a substantial immigrant population
Comstock Lode - ANSMine in eastern Nevada acquired by Canadian fur trapper Henry
Comstock that b/w 1860 and 1880 yielded almost $1 billion worth of gold & silver
Textile industry - ANSCommercial production of thread, fabric & clothing from raw cotton in mills
in New England during the first half of the 19th century, in the south during the late 19th century
American Tobacco Company - ANSBusiness founded in 1890 by NC's James Buchanan Duke,
combined major tobacco manufacturers of the time, ultimately controlling 90 percent of country's
cigarette production
Redeemers - ANSPost civil-war democratic leaders who supposedly saved the south from
Yankee domination & reserved primarily rural economy
Crop-lien system - ANSCredit system used by sharecroppers & share tenants who pledged a
portion ("share") of their future crop to local merchants/landowners in exchange for farming
supplies & food
Sharecroppers - ANSPoor, mostly black farmers who would work an owner's land in return for
shelter, seed, fertilizer, mules, supplies & food as well as substantial share of the crop produced
Share tenants - ANSPoor farmers who rented land to farm in exchange for a substantial share
of the crop, though they would often have their own horse/mule, tools & line of credit with a
nearby store
Mississippi plan - ANSSeries of state constitutional amendments in 1890 which sought to
severely disenfranchise black voters & was quickly adopted by other southern states
"Separate but equal" - ANSPrinciple underlying legal racial segregation, which was upheld in
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) & struck down in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Atlanta Compromise - ANSSpeech by Booker T Washington that called for black community to
strive for economic prosperity before attempting political & social equality
Exodusters - ANSAfrican Americans who migrated west from the South in search of a haven
from racism & poverty after the collapse of Radical Republican rule
Boomtown - ANSTown, often in the west, that developed rapidly due to the sudden influx of
wealth and work opportunities; often male-dominated with a substantial immigrant population
Comstock Lode - ANSMine in eastern Nevada acquired by Canadian fur trapper Henry
Comstock that b/w 1860 and 1880 yielded almost $1 billion worth of gold & silver
