Economic, Social, and Political "revolution," 1877 - 1900

- Tobacco (cigarettes)- Textiles - Furniture

- People began settling in Piedmont where industry and towns were

- Rent - Sharecropping

- Most common form of tenancy- Wealthy farmer will supply a place to live and supplies to bring in crops - The owner and sharecropper would share the profit of the crop

- Gave credit to poor farmer until farmer could pay merchant back once profit was made- Charged high interest rates

- Furnishing merchant can take whole profit if the poor farmer did not pay him back

Poor Political Leadership (7 ways)1-4- Election fraud & using violence and intimidation to keep AA from voting - Corrupt party loyalty - Supported banks high interest rates & refused to regulate the railroads - Refused to reform the tax system that favored the rich

Poor Political Leadership (7 ways)5-7- Rejected pleads for social legislation (things that would correct child labor, low wages, long hours in the mill)- Refused request for expansion of public education - Amended the State Constitution in 1875 to circumvent the county commissioner system

- Tax and election reform- 10 hour workday- 6% limit on loan interest rates - Local control over county government - State support for public education - End to corruption and state government

- A coalition of Republicans and Populist parties who wanted to bring about economic, political, and social reform in NC

- Democrats launched a political campaign on white supremacy - Social Segration

- Jim Crow - Blacks could not mix with white in public facilities

- U.S. Supreme Court Decision - Segregation was made legal as long as equal facilities were provided for each race

- Organized group to scare black away from voting

- Passed - Deprived AA from their voting rights that they had gained from Reconstruction