jun 1, 1896 - The New South After Civil War, the South's economy is in ruins —> some Southerners promote a new version for a self-sufficient econ (industry, transportation, banking) * Birmingham becomes one of biggest steel producers in US —> South overtakes North in textile production by 1900 **Although South becomes more industrialized, Northerners own the railroads, factories, & communication networks -> despit progress, South overall remains agricultural (sharecropping, cash crops)
Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 1, 1896
Now
~ 130 years ago