New South movement

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historical movement post–Civil War Southern campaign socioeconomic movement

The New South movement was a post–Civil War Southern campaign, championed by figures like Henry W. Grady, that promoted industrialization, economic modernization, and reconciliation with the North while downplaying the old plantation-based order.

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New South movement canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical movement ⓘ post–Civil War Southern campaign ⓘ socioeconomic movement ⓘ
associatedWith	Atlanta Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry W. Grady’s speeches ⓘ Southern boosters ⓘ Southern newspapers ⓘ
criticizedFor	failing to deliver broad-based prosperity ⓘ ignoring racial injustice ⓘ romanticizing reconciliation while preserving white supremacy ⓘ
downplays	agrarian dominance of the Southern economy ⓘ antebellum slaveholding aristocracy ⓘ old plantation-based order ⓘ
emergedInCountry	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	post–American Civil War era ⓘ
emergedInRegion	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGoal	attraction of Northern investment ⓘ development of Southern industry ⓘ diversification of the Southern economy ⓘ economic modernization of the South ⓘ growth of textile manufacturing in the South ⓘ industrialization of the South ⓘ railroad expansion in the South ⓘ reconciliation with the North ⓘ reduction of dependence on plantation agriculture ⓘ urban development in the South ⓘ
hasMainProponent	Henry W. Grady NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Woodfin Grady NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	pro-business ⓘ pro-industrialization ⓘ sectional reconciliation ⓘ white supremacist social order ⓘ
influenced	Southern economic policy ⓘ Southern industrial development ⓘ Southern urban growth ⓘ
influencedBy	Northern industrial model ⓘ collapse of the plantation economy ⓘ defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ
justifies	racial hierarchy in the South ⓘ
promotes	Northern-style business practices ⓘ commercial agriculture ⓘ industrial capitalism in the South ⓘ
relatedTo	Lost Cause ideology ⓘ Redeemer governments in the South ⓘ Southern boosterism ⓘ
supports	Jim Crow segregation ⓘ disenfranchisement of African Americans ⓘ
timePeriod	Reconstruction era and post-Reconstruction era ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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Henry W. Grady → movement → New South movement ⓘ