8-5.5 Review

Which of the following describes a typical textile worker in the late 1800s/early 1900s in South Carolina? 

• Middle class, lived in rural areas, worked long hours
• Illiterate, poor, white, little free time
• Worked long hours, African American, former farmer
• Middle-aged, urban area, immigrant

What types of conditions did mill workers in South Carolina face in the workplace?

• High pay with paid holidays
• Labor Unions with safer conditions
• Desegregation
• Long hours and unsafe conditions

How did the transcontinental railroad help the industrialization of the US? 

• It allowed for the transfer of goods from coast to coast
• Its owners were able to invest their profits into factories
• It brought immigrants from Asia across the country to work in factories
• During its construction workers invented new technologies

The key goals of the Populist Party, founded in 1892, were to create more money and regulate railroads.  Who did they promise on helping? 

• The elite planters
• The common man
• Industrial workers
• Immigrants

One of the biggest blows to South Carolina’s economy came from the “boll weevil”.  How did the boll weevil cause so much damage in South Carolina?

• The boll weevil destroyed most of the state’s cotton crop
• The boll weevil ruined entire textile mills by laying eggs in the machinery
• The boll weevil destroyed thousands of buildings by feeding off the wood used to build the walls and foundations
• The boll weevil destroyed thousands of buildings by feeding off the wood used to build the walls and foundations