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- South in 1880
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extrelemy poor, west has grown, but southerners are making half of what everyone else is making
didnt have money to invest in improvement
remained dependant on north - economic reality facing southq
- wealth came from industry, machines and cites, not cotton
- what did southern gov do
- they made industry tax exempt, gave railroad grants yadayada
- what did north do
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invested money in south
money invested in coton x2 - changing value system
- although economy grew, values only did slowly, as did southern school system
- economic break down
- though south grew, it didn't grow fast enough. the north grew faster and sucked money from the south
- new cotton life
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cotton still king, most people black and white are tenant farmers, many loose their land
good not improve techniques - to pay debt
- grew more cotton, didnt raise enough food for the region
- Henry Grady
- new souther
- black men
- losing their rights, north wont support, indirectly lose sufferage
- plessy v. ferguson
- "seperate but equal"
- black tradesmen
- had been around during slavery, but disappeared after
- black responce
- many urge black seperatism/nationalism
- Booker T Washinton
- black activist who advised moderation