Weekly Review Mar 20-24

How did the growth of railroads change the economy of South Carolina?

• Cities and textile mills grew, but industrial development was limited.

• The state rapidly shifted from an agricultural to an industrial economy.

• Many immigrants moved to the state to work in the new textile mills.

• Cotton farming declined as textile mills got their raw materials from other states.

This is a map of railroads in South Carolina. How did the development of these railroads change life in South Carolina?

• More people moved to rural areas to get away from polluted cities.

• Cities grew as more people moved there to get jobs in textile mills.

• Railroad companies put pressure on the state to end segregation.

• The rise of the textile industry brought a tide of new immigrants into the state.

After Reconstruction, the price of cotton dropped, pushing farmers deeper in debt. What caused this drop in prices?

• the use of the gold standard

• higher demand for cotton

• overproduction of cotton

• the decline of the textile industry

This diagram shows the crop lien system. Based on this diagram, who benefitted the most from this system?

• factory workers

• large landowners

• small farmers

• banks/creditors

Immigrants overwhelmingly settled in Northern cities instead of Southern states like South Carolina because ​​ (a)  

• there were very few factories here.
• former slaves bought the surplus farmland.
• SC limited how many immigrants could move here.
• Jim Crow laws also targeted immigrants.

This chart shows the African American populations of cities in the North in 1910 and 1920. The African American populations of these cities changed mostly due to ​ (a)   .

• discrimination in the South
• a cultural renaissance in the North
• the failure of the Homestead Act
• lack of factory jobs in the East