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A. King Coal Development of the Coal Industry from Industrialization to present Focus on company/miner relations, living & working conditions, and technological & political impacts Important People/Organizations: Harry Caudill, John C.C. Mayo, State Inspector of Mines, Consolidation Coal Company, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Important Places/Events: Western/Eastern Coalfields, Jenkins, Harlan County, Middlesboro, Coal Town Booms, Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act Important Concepts: boom & bust economy, broad form deed, coal camp/town, company store, mechanization, surface/deep-shaft mining, scrip, union B. Tobacco Tycoons Development of Tobacco as KY’s cash crop from Industrialization to present Impacting factors examined include taxation, big business, technological & political impacts, cultural/social perspectives, and health concerns Important Events/Organizations: Black Patch Wars, Kerr–Smith Act (1934), Agricultural Adjustment Act, American Tobacco Company, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, Burley Tobacco Society, Farmers’ and Laborers’ Union (1890), Patrons of Husbandry (AKA the Grange), Planters’ Protective Association (1904) Important People/Concepts: Night Riders, U.S. Surgeon General, agrarian, white vs. dark burley tobacco, cash crop, curing barn, cultivation, hogsheads, mechanization, monopoly, parity, quota, self-sufficient, tenant labor C. Bourbon Barons History of liquor as a KY industry, focusing on Bourbon whiskey Examination of process & impact of political/social causes/issues Important Places/Events/People: Bourbon County, Bottled–in–Bond Act (1897), Temperance Movement, Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), Prohibition, Federal Alcohol Administration Act (1936), Irvin S. Cobb, Carry Nation Important Concepts: alcoholism, bootlegging, dry/moist/wet county, distillery, moonshine, revenuers, stillage |