8-4.4 Industrialization

Which of the following best describes what is meant by the term "Old South"?

• The South as it was under Spanish rule.

• The old native settlers of the South.

• The older population of the South.

• The South as it was before the Civil War.

Railroad connecting the West and East coasts of the continental U.S.

A continuation of pre-Civil War economic and social systems such as plantation farming and cash crops

towns that developed around mills that provided housing, stores, schools and churches to the mill workers

cotton that is woven or knit into a material used to make clothing

investors in new industries throughout the United States

Idea that the south should industrialize after the Civil War.

Powerful and wealthy 19th century steel corporation founded by Andrew Carnagie

John D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the world petroleum(oil) market

1870s - 1890s; time period that appeared prosperous, but was dominated by corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor