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History exam Economic revoluti
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Undergraduate 3
12/09/2008

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WT Blackwell
Definition

-Bull Durham

-was the first to introduce mass advertising to NC

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Dukes
Definition

American Tobacco company

also invented a cig rolling machine

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RJ Reynolds
Definition
started chewing tobacco and Camel cigs
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Tompkins textile mill

Definition

located in charlette

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Cone textile mill
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located in Greensboro
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cannon
Definition
located in concord
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white company furniture
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located in membane
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Southern Railroad
Definition
the old NCRR goes from goldsboro to charlotte and now extends to ashville
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Atlantic Coast rail line
Definition
runs through costal NC
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Democratic policies
Definition
  1. in 1875 they ammended the state constitution to get around the county comssioner system
  2. they party used threats and violence to keep blacks away from the polls
  3. courupt groups held control over state government
  4. democrats opposed beneficial changes in government
  5. they supported banks with high interest rates
  6. the refused to reform a tax system that favored the rich
  7. they rejected social legeslation that would correct long hours, low wages
  8. they refused to support expansion of public education
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Populis party platform

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  1. tax and election reform
  2. ten hour work day
  3. 6% limit on interest rates
  4. local control over county government
  5. state support for public education
  6. an end to courupt government in the state
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Jim Crow Laws
Definition
laws that legalize racial segregation in public places
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Suffrage amendment
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instituted a grandfather clause. If your ancestors had voted before 1867 you did not have to be literate to vote
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red shirts
Definition
a violent organization who's mission was to drive blacks away from the polls
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plessy vs fergason
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segregated facilities were legal as long as they were equal.

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