Business and Industry
How many sawmills did Mississippi have in 1890
What is 338
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
What is Sharecropping
State-supported school for training high school graduates to become teachers
What was the Normal School
A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
What is a Charter
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Complete control of a product or business by one person or group
What is Monopoly
A state law that required sharecroppers to remain on the land until all their debts were paid in full
What is the Crop Lien Law
The first agriculture and mechanical college for African-Americans in the United States
What is Alcorn State University
A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
What is a Poll Tax
Network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reforms in the late 1800s
What was the Farmer's Alliance
Natural Resource for Mississippi that was developed after the Civil War
What is Timber Production
Name given to the period after the Civil War in which many African Americans left the South and moved west.
What was the Black Exodus
Originally called Jackson College and established by the Baptist denomination.
What is Jackson State University
A state constitution drafted by the Bourbons to help them control the state legislature and disfranchise blacks and poor whites; with many amendments, it is still in effect
What is the Constitution of 1890
This well-known educator from the University of Mississippi proposed an ordinance of secession which was adopted in 1861.
Who was L.Q.C. Lamar
Provided an inexpensive way to transport raw materials and manufactures products; created new jobs
What was the Railroad Boom
A period in which many Europeans migrated, mainly to the US, for land, money, opportunity
What was the European Migration
Originally named Mississippi A&M - was created to fulfill the need for training in agriculture sciences.
What is Mississippi State University
A political system in which one political party controls the government and clearly dominates political activity
One Party System
Was known for his racist rhetoric and flamboyant appearance
Who was James Vardaman
A system that provided convict labor to private parties such as railroad companies or plantation owners
Convict Lease System
Passed by Congress in 1862, this law distributed millions of acres of western lands to state governments in order to fund state agricultural colleges.
What was the Morrill Land Grant Act
Flagship of the nation's four remaining historically African American boarding schools
What is the Piney Woods School
Abolition of slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
The document that governor Bilbo used to try to consolidate the MS universities
What was the Wisconsin Report