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Industrialization of the American South (Reconstruction to the Interwar Period) (1877–1930)

Industrialization of the American South (Reconstruction to the Interwar Period) (1877–1930)

  1. Birmingham is founded as an industrial railroad city

    Labels: Birmingham Alabama, Railroad city, Iron industry

  2. Reconstruction ends and “Redeemer” governments consolidate power

    Labels: Reconstruction, Redeemer governments, Southern Democrats

  3. Atlanta hosts the International Cotton Exposition

    Labels: International Cotton, Atlanta

  4. Henry Grady promotes the “New South” program

    Labels: Henry W, New South

  5. American Tobacco Company forms a major southern industrial trust

    Labels: American Tobacco, James B

  6. Mississippi constitution restricts voting and labor politics

    Labels: Mississippi Constitution, Disfranchisement

  7. Boll weevil enters the U.S., threatening cotton-based economies

    Labels: Boll weevil, Cotton pest

  8. Cotton States Exposition showcases southern industry in Atlanta

    Labels: Cotton States, Atlanta

  10. Southern Power Company forms to electrify Piedmont industry

    Labels: Southern Power, Electrification

  11. Great Southern Lumber Company launches Bogalusa sawmill operations

    Labels: Great Southern, Bogalusa Louisiana

  12. Boll weevil reaches Alabama, intensifying economic disruption

    Labels: Boll weevil, Alabama

  13. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta opens amid cotton finance needs

    Labels: Federal Reserve, Atlanta

  14. Federal Aid Road Act expands federal support for roads

    Labels: Federal Aid, Federal highways

  15. Great Mississippi Flood reshapes Delta labor and investment

    Labels: Great Mississippi, Lower Mississippi

  16. Smoot-Hawley Tariff becomes law during an economic downturn

    Labels: Smoot-Hawley Tariff, U S