Response to Industrialism (1877-1914) (copy)

New South

Idea developed by Southerners that declared an end of the nostalgia w/ slavery to start economic development for the South

Lost Cause

Romanticization/inaccurate view of the Civil War

• Confederates seen as heroic figures

• War framed as tragic fight for state rights (instead of the preservation of slavery)

Atlanta Compromise

Black people remain separate from White people… Focusing on economic self-help

Niagara Movement

African American group organized in 1905 to promote racial integration

The Grange

National organization of farmers formed after Civil War

Agricultural Wheel (1882)

An organization that wanted to better farmers’ economic conditions… Influenced the Populist Movement

Farmers’ Alliance

Mass movement in rural West —> South, demanded economic and political reforms… Influenced the Populist Movement

Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Unions (1886)

Response to Southern Farmers’ Alliance provided economic and social support for members, who were often landless cotton workers… Influenced the Populist Movement

Knights of Labor (1869)

Labor Union that had united skilled and unskilled workers regardless of race and gender

American Federation of Labor (1886)

Similar to Knights of Labor… Organized workers in separate craft unions and restricted them to specific trades

Coxey’s Army (1890s)

A protest march of unemployed workers led by Jacob Coxey demanding a public works highway program 2 ensure jobs during the depression

United Mine Workers of American (1890)

Organized 2 bring mine workers together in the eastern half —→ became national

Industrial Workers of the World aka IWW/Wobblies (1905)

Fought for a radically different economic system that favors workers over owners

Bread and Roses Strike (1912)

Strike of workers in the mills of Lawrence Massachushetts

Ludlow Massacre (1914)

Violence during coal strike in Colorado

• 30 were killed

• 11/30 were included