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Civil War
Reconstruction
Feuds
Slavery and African Americans
Miscellaneous
100
His attack on the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry helped to rally support for institution of slavery
Who is John Brown
100
After the war, this president, who was from the region, attempted to restore peace by reconstructing the governments in the Appalachia in this beleaguered region but failed due to the resistance from European Americans who resented the rights of the recently freed men.
Who is Andrew Johnson
100
Which industry was at the forefront of the Hatfield And McCoy Feud
What is the timber business
100
This industry in 1850 employed more than 3100 slaves that were owned or leased to work in mining, processing, and barreling.
What is the salt industry
100
This tree was destroyed by disease economically impacted the Appalachian region
What is the American Chestnut tree
200
This commodity was prized and cause the death of 2 children and 13 unarmed civilians were executed
What is salt
200
Companies like Tennessee Coal and Iron were formed to reintroduce industry back into the region. A rapid advance in this made the idustrial initiatives possible
What are railroads
200
The killing of this person and their affiliation to what has often been assumed to be the beginning of the feud
Who is Harmon Mcoy who fought for the Union Army
200
He wrote the autobiography Up from Slavery which chronicled his life from being a slave as a child working in a coal mine and created the Tuskegee Institute,
Who is Booker T. Washington
200
This word describes the culture and experiences of the African American people of Appalachia
What is Affrillachian
300
As the Confederate government faced a severe shortage of troops resorted to first conscription in Amerian history but the exemption to the draft of 1 soldier for every 20 slaves angered yeoman and tenant farmers who claimed that the war had become this .....
What is the "rich man's war, and a poor man's fight"
300
This political party drew support from European Americans who supported the Union and from African Americans and won local support in many local elections
What is the Republican party
300
Randolph McCoy was not successful in business which in contrast to Devil Anse Hatfield who won this in a lawsuit against Pery Cline, cousin to the Hatfields.
What are 5,000 thousand acres
300
Besides the European white planter culture. This culture replaced existing slaves with Africans.
Who are the Cherokees
400
During the 1860 presidential election, Appalachia was different than the remainder of the South because many mountaineers resisted this
What is the creation of a separate southern nation or secession
400
These 3 factors after the war caused a severe economic downturn
What the is the death of many skilled labors, destroyed transportation infrastructure and state and local government were bankrupt
400
Randolph McCoy lost a trial over this due to his own relatives testifying against him.
What is a hog
400
The discovery of this in the mountains in North Carolinas and North Georgia led to a number of slaves being able to purchase their freedom.
What is gold
400
The age and size of the Appalachian mountains
What is 480 million years and 205,000-square-mile region (1500 + miles)
500
The war in Appalachia was transferred to the community level because neighborhoods, friends, and families chose to support the government their neighbors despised. as the war began to wind down this local violence developed into this manifestation which demonstrates the fraying of the mountain societies. Champ Ferguson was one of the most notorious example of this type of violence slaying more than 50 people
What is guerrilla warfare
500
This type of state-level government returned to power in 1874 and sought to control taxes by greatly reducing government expenditures which in turn meant increasingly impoverished mountain communities received little to no assistance to rebuild.
What is the Democratic party
500
The feud might have ended if not for the discovery of this on Perry Clines old property and the extension of what
What is coal and Ohio railroad extension
500
Th Kingdom of Happy Land in South Carolina and the Coe Ridge Colony in Kentucky are examples of these
What are established all black communities /settlements
500
The use of social and cultural pathology is often used what entity
What is the mainstream media