A | B |
strike | When workers refuse to work. |
Capital | Money for growth and investment. |
Pendleton Act | Established the Federal Civil Service. |
Union | Organization for workers. |
Conservatives (Bourbons) | Term for ex-Confederates who ruled SC after reconstruction. |
Half Breeds | Republicans who supported reform. |
Lost Cause | A nostalgic name for the Civil War used by Southerners in the late 1800's. |
New South | Describe the small farms, growing cities, and new industry in the South during the late 19th century. |
Industrial Revolution | Rise of modern industry. |
Stalwarts | Republicans who supported big business. |
Reservation | Land set aside for Native Americans. |
Trust | A monopoly. |
AFL | Organization of craft unions formed by Samuel Gompers. |
Eight-Box | Passed to reduce the African American vote in the South. |
Homestead Act | A promise to grant 160 acres of free land if you lived on it and developed it for 5 yrs. |