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What is the name of the wooden Native American protection that surrounded their villages?
Wattle
Palisade
Daub
Chert
Which of the following most influenced the change for Native Americans from nomadic groups to permanent villages?
Development of the "three sisters"
Practice of preserving oral traditions through storytelling
The establishment of specific roles for men and women
The development of stone tools for hunting
Native Americans in the time of the Eastern Woodland era were hunting using which of the following?
Metal knives
Rusty wooden spears
Long rifles
Bows and arrows
In which way did most Eastern Woodland Indians preserve their history from generation to generation?
Drawings
History Books
Oral Tradition
Totem Poles
Although part of the same cultural group, the Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee differed in the way that they lived. What factor most contributed to this difference?
Variations in religious beliefs
A differing ancestral background
Geographic region in which they lived
Differences in government
Which Native American tribe lived in wigwams in the summer and wattle and daub housed the rest of the year?
Catawba
Cherokee
Eastern Woodland
Yemassee
Which region of South Carolina did the Catawba tribe live?
Blue Ridge
Sandhills
Piedmont
Coastal zone
Many theories exist that explain how Native Americans arrived in South Carolina. One theory state that Native Americans of SC came from
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
Which South Carolina Native American tribe lived in the Coastal zone of South Carolina?
Catawba
Cherokee
Eastern Woodland
Yemassee
Which SC Native American tribe were known as the “river people” and known for their pottery?
Catawba
Cherokee
Eastern Woodland
Yemassee
What are two motives that led explorers from Spain, France, and England to travel west across the Atlantic?
Wealth and religious freedom
Farming techniques and more food
Religious freedom and deerskins
Larger populations and cures for diseases
What was the economic goal of the French colonists that came to the New World?
Exchange manufactured goods and valuables for animal furs with the Native Americans
Use the vast farmland to plant cash crops like tobacco and cotton
Gain more land for the glory of France
Spread Christianity to the Native Americans
After Charlesfort failed, the Spanish again tried to establish a foothold and built on the abandoned settlement of Charlesfort. This settlement lasted ten years before it failed. What was the name of this settlement?
Fort San Marcos
San Miguel de Guadalupe
Fort Carolina
Saint Elena
In the Colonial Era, developments such as the Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings, and the Virginian House of Burgesses represented
Early civil rights reform movements
The Native American’s attempts to build a strong national government
Efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
Steps toward building self-government and democracy
How did the French settlers interact with Native Americans, in contrast to the British and Spanish?
Native Americans were forced to be slaves on French plantations and were worked until their death.
.The French forced Christianity on them, while the others were not interested in religious conversion.
French settlers refused to make contact with the Native Americans for fear of getting disease from them.
The Native Americans and the French had a positive relationship build on respect and trade.
Why did the Lord Proprietors implement the headright system?
To encourage trade
To encourage immigration
To encourage slavery
To encourage an elitist system
What was one important part of the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina?
Its guarantee of quitrents
Its guarantee of religious freedom
Its guarantee of gold
Its guarantee of expensive land
On March 24, 1663, King Charles II granted the colony of Carolina to eight of his supporters. What did these men call themselves?
Goose Creek Men
Dissenters
Lord Proprietors
Headrights
Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper convinced seven other proprietors to invest in the colony of Carolina. How did they plan to make money on the land in the New World?
The year's rent
Quitrents
Proprietary tax
Annual land fee
What caused the French settlers of Charlesfort to abandon the settlement?
They thought they had been abandoned by their leader.
The French government made them return.
They had too many diseases.
The Native Americans
The economy of South Carolina was based on the plantation system and required a large number of workers. Why did plantations require a large workforce?
Cash crops were labor intensive.
All of the land first had to be cleared.
There was a large supply of indentured servants.
Subsistence crops could only be grown by slaves.
Why did the planters rely on the African slaves to cultivate rice in Carolina?
They were already used as a labor source to grow rice in England.
They were immune to European diseases and could already speak English.
They survived through tough working conditions of the rice fields better than indentured servants.
Their knowledge of rice growing helped the planters make rice a successful crop.
What was the purpose of the Slave Codes of 1740 during the early years of South Carolina’s settlement?
To prevent plantation owners from abusing their African slaves
To promote religious discipline in the new settlements
To prevent the large number of African slaves from rebelling against the plantation owners and to restrict slaves’ lives
To protect the settlers from Native Americans
Although some slaves received their freedom, why did such a low number continue to live in SC?
They were offered factory jobs in the north
They were paid $500 to return to Africa quickly
They had to get married to stay free in SC
They had to leave S.C. with 6 months or be re-enslaved
Which of the following is the definition of mercantilism?
A system in which the home country controls trade to export more than they import and amass as much wealth as possible
A system in which merchants and business owners control the government to attempt to amass as much wealth as possible.
A system in which certain items can only be sold to certain locations.
A system in which the colony controls trade to export more than they import and amass as much wealth as possible.
Under the economic theory of mercantilism, the American colonies were used to provide Europe with which of the following?
Slaves (Both African and Native American)
Artwork (Including literature, paintings, and sculptures)
Manufactured Materials (Tables, weapons, clothing)
Raw materials (Sugar, naval stores, lumber)
Carolina sold ______________________ to Barbados.
African slaves and rice
Rice and indigo
Textiles and naval stores
Cattle and Native American slaves
In the early 1740s, Eliza Lucas Pinckney changed the economy of South Carolina when she learned to cultivated indigo. Which of the following is the characteristic of indigo that made it such a valuable cash crop?
It can be used to waterproof roofs and wooden ships.
The British textile industry had a high demand for an effective fabric dye.
It can be used as a spice to flavor bland foods.
It can be used as a natural medication that reduces pain and prevents infection.
The Township Plan was established with the hopes of accomplishing two things. What were they?
Encouraging land ownership and providing religious freedom
Encouraging migration and providing a barrier between the settlers and the Native Americans and Spanish
Encouraging good relationships and providing financial assistance
Encouraging trade and providing free land
What was the purpose of the Regulator movement in the backcountry of SC during the 1760’s?
They wanted to stop trade with Britain.
They wanted to put an end to crime and establish law and order.
They wanted to be able to trade with the Cherokee as much as the Lowcountry.
They wanted a fair amount of money for their crops.
Why did the British institute the taxes against the colonists?
The British were not collecting enough funds from mercantilism.
.The British wanted to decrease taxes in the mother country.
The British wanted to teach the colonists a lesson in obedience.
The British needed to raise money to pay their huge war debt from the French and Indian War.
Great Britain used mercantilism with her colonies, but often looked the other way when the colonies were smuggling. This is known as
Peaceful trade
Salutary neglect
Enumeration
Balance of trade
Which statement best describes the reason for the Cherokee War?
.
The Cherokee were upset that colonists were crossing the Proclamation Line of 1763.
The Cherokee had always sided with the French and had never had good relationships with the French.
The Cherokee felt that they had been cheated in their alliance with the British.
The Cherokee had signed a treaty with the French to guarantee their protection.
Which statement BEST explains the significance of the Sons of Liberty?
The Sons of Liberty organized the colonists that were boycotting and protesting the actions of the British.
They gave the colonists the choice of buying or boycotting British goods.
They were only found in Charles Town.
They participated in spinning bees and found substitutes for British goods.
Why did the colonists use the slogan “No taxation without representation”?
They did not want to pay taxes.
The colonial assemblies were forcing the colonists to pay unfair taxes.
They felt it was unfair to pay taxes without being asked about them first.
They felt it was unfair to pay taxes without having chosen representatives to Parliament.
What was the significance of the British moving their campaign to the South in 1780?
The British wanted to get away from the harsh weather in the North.
The British were hoping to capitalize on their huge Loyalist base in South Carolina.
The British were hoping to easily defeat the weaker South.
The British had more supplies in the South.
After Congress passed a non-importation/non-exportation agreement, South Carolina argued to be able to sell this good to England.
Indigo
Naval stores
Rice
Corn
The rampart at Fort Moultrie was unfinished. Which statement best explains what happened to the rampart during the course of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island?
The rampart splintered letting the cannonballs go through it.
The rampart was not strong enough and collapsed.
The rampart absorbed or reflected the cannonballs.
The rampart crumbled because it was unfinished.
Tories were
Colonists that were loyal to King George III and Great Britain.
Colonists that moved to South Carolina from northern colonies.
Known as patriots.
Colonists that supported independence from Great Britain.
The British used which military tactic to capture Charleston during the American Revolution.
Siege
Guerilla warfare
Negotiations
Siege and blockade
The first form of government in the United States after the American Revolution was the…
Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact
US Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Which statement best describes governmental power under the Articles of Confederation?
Power was shared equally by the central government and the states.
A balance of power existed between the three branches of the central government.
A strong chief executive headed a unified central government.
The states had much greater power than the central government.
In 1786, the state legislature agreed to build a new capital. Which of the following best explains why the capital was moved from Charleston to Columbia?
Charleston was becoming too populated.
Moving the capital to a central location would help ease tensions between the Lowcountry and the Upcountry.
A mass migration of the state’s wealthy to Columbia had occurred.
There was too much damage to Charleston caused by the American Revolution.
The initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to:
Create an income tax
Create a standing army
Revise the methods of election
Fix the Articles of Confederation
Why did South Carolina’s economy suffer after the Revolutionary War?
Slavery was abolished which forced planters to pay their labor source.
Droughts and insects devastated cash crop production throughout the state.
Heavy taxes were placed on the exported cash crops by the central government.
Great Britain was no longer interested in trading for Carolina’s cash crops due to the end of mercantilism.
South Carolina was pleased with the Three-Fifths Compromise because it gave the state:
More representation
Military protection
More money
More slaves
The term federalism is best defined as
the process of amending a constitution
the power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of laws
a republican form of government with no hereditary ruler
the division of power between the states and the national government
A republican form of government is described as one in which
There is a two-party system.
Representatives are elected by the people.
Elected officials have limited terms.
Government power is limited by checks and balances.
Alexander Hamilton’s argument that the government has the power to create a National Bank is based on which part of the Constitution?
the Preamble
the "necessary and proper" cause
guarantees to the states
the Bill of Rights
What was one positive outcome from the War of 1812?
There was a new surge of sectionalism.
There was a new surge of popularity.
There was a new surge of popular sovereignty.
There was a new surge of nationalism.
Which time period identifies the first time that the North and South began to develop sectionalism?
Before the American Revolution
When the colonies first started
After the American Revolution
During the Antebellum Era
Slave owners said that slavery was a “positive good” for the slaves. What did this term mean?
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This meant that they believed that owning another human being was morally correct.
The owners need the slaves to maintain their wealth and status.
They believed that freeing the slaves after so many years would be good for them.
The slaves were better off as slaves and the owners were helping them.
Who was a former slave who helped found the AME church and planned a slave revolt in 1822 in Charleston, SC?
Denmark Vesey
Dred Scott
Robert Smalls
Marcus Garvey
Which idea BEST describes South Carolina plantations in the early 19th century?
Each plantation specialized in certain goods and traded with neighboring plantations.
Plantations were self-sustaining farms and produced nearly everything the residents needed.
Each plantation grew a different cash crop to reduce competition and prevent soil erosion.
Plantations were dependent on trade with foreign nations to provide basic goods
What is the name of those people who wanted secession but only if the other southern states also seceded?
Abolitionists
Secessionists
Unionists
Cooperationists
According to many Antebellum southerners, the issue of “states’ rights” revolved around their right to
Import foreign goods
Bear arms
Own slaves
Worship freely
Why did postmasters from South Carolina have a new method of sorting mail and remove some documents in the 1830s and 1840s?
Southerners did not want news of higher taxes and tariffs reaching the public.
Southerners were angry about an increase in the price of stamps.
Southerners did not want abolitionist pamphlets spreading anti-slavery ideas.
Southerners felt the post office was a sign of the federal government having too much power.
Who was the slave who lived in free territory with his master and later sued for his freedom and his case went all the way to the Supreme Court?
Denmark Vesey
Dred Scott
Robert Smalls
Marcus Garvey
At times, the United States' government has passed protective tariffs to
Encourage foreign trade
Reduce the cost of consumer goods
Help the nation’s manufacturers
Improve the quality of goods
What was SC and John C. Calhoun’s main perspective on the Nullification Crisis?
A state should have the right to get rid of a federal law that the state disagrees.
Taxes on imported goods should not have to be paid by any southern state
South Carolina should follow federal laws whether they agreed with them or not.
Northern states should be able to set the price of goods to what they can afford to pay
Early in the war, the Union Army captured Port Royal Sound in South Carolina. The key reason why the Army did this was to____________.
seize the Sea Island cotton
launch a blockade to prevent the Southern states from using the Atlantic Ocean
.invade Columbia, the capital city
convince the local slaves to rebel against the Confederacy
How did the Confederate states plan to provide their soldiers with materials needed for the war?
Steal them from Union factories, military bases, and arsenals
Sell their slaves to countries in the Caribbean Sea in exchange for weapons and supplies
Build factories along the Mississippi River to produce war materials
Offer cotton and other raw materials to Great Britain in return for the war goods
In the Union attack on Charleston, the 54th Massachusetts was one of the units that attacked Fort Wagner. How was the 54th Massachusetts unique?
All of the soldiers were Irish immigrants, and none speak English.
The 54th was filled with Southerners who were against slavery.
It was a regiment filled with escaped slaves and African freedmen
No one in the 54th was older than 16 years old, some were as young as ten.
What was the purpose of Sherman’s March to the Sea?
to get Confederate soldiers to join the Union army
to crush the enemy’s hopes, and destroy their cities and supplies
to gather slaves to fight for the Union army
to burn cotton fields so slaves would no longer have work to do
Which of the following is Robert Smalls best known during the Civil War?
Leader of the Unionists during the Secession Convention
Serving as a state senator for over a decade
Stealing a Confederate ship during the Civil War
Helping other Africans escape their enslavement in Columbia
What is total war?
never ending the fighting, even if South surrendered
killing everyone in the South
forcing the soldiers to go home to protect their families
bringing home the war to civilians to convince the South to surrender
The Union military made it a priority to control __________ to limit trade and split the Confederacy.
The Gulf of Mexico
The Great Lakes
The Mississippi River
The Blue Ridge Mountains
Why did Confederate troops attack Fort Sumter?
They thought runaway slaves were taking shelter in the fort.
They wanted to assassinate Abraham Lincoln during his visit to the fort.
They felt that the fort should be completely destroyed so no one could use it.
They felt the Union army should no longer have control over forts in the South.
What was the purpose of the “Hunley”, a new invention used by the Confederacy?
A balloon airship used to spy on the Union soldiers attacking the city
A motorized wagon that allowed Confederate soldiers to move rapidly around the battlefield
.A radio communication device that allowed Rebel generals to talk to each on the battlefield
A submarine used to break the Union blockade around Charleston
Why did the Union military blockade Southern cities like Charleston and Savannah?
Deny the Confederate army of the supplies and weapons entering the ports
Limit the number of slave ships entering the Confederacy
Steal raw materials like cotton and tobacco and sell them to European countries
Help Southern citizens escape the death and destruction from the Civil War
What were a series of laws intended to restrict freedom of freed African Americans?
Black Codes
Blue Laws
Alien and Sedition Acts
Slave Codes
Poor white and black farmers often became sharecroppers. Why was sharecropping their only option after the Civil War?
They wanted to work on their previous owner's land.
They did not have enough money to buy land or housing.
They wanted to share their crops with other poor farmers.
They had money to share with others to grown crops.
What was the most significant development during Reconstruction?
Education for African Americans was available.
Tobacco continued to be the dominant cash crop.
Most African Americans were easily led by the carpetbaggers.
There was an increased cost of goods in the South.
Whose responsibility was it to rebuild the South following the Civil War?
The federal government and state governments
Individuals, state, and local governments
The Union army
Freedmen, small farmers, women, and northern immigrants
In their plans for Reconstruction, both President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson sought to
Punish the South for starting the Civil War.
Force the southern states to pay reparations to the federal government.
Allow southern states to reenter the nation as quickly as possible.
Establish the Republican Party as the only political party in the South.
Which of the following plans for Reconstruction called for states to re-write their state constitutions and have them approved by Congress in order to be reinstated back into the Union?
Radical Republicans Plan
Lincoln's Plan
Johnson's Plan
Wade-Davis's Plan
What was the reason that the South Carolina Democrats agreed to the Compromise of 1877 which put Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in office?
The South Carolina Democrats did not mind his policies.
Hayes promised to re-institute slavery in the South.
Hayes promised to remove military forces from the South.
Hayes promised to allow education in South Carolina.
What was the most significant result of the ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896?
The case overturned the Dred Scott decision.
The case was the basis of Jim Crow laws.
The case made it legal to administer literacy tests before a citizen could cast a vote.
The case led to the end of Reconstruction.
Which of the following is considered a failure of Reconstruction in the South?
African Americans gained the right to vote
South Carolina developed a public school system.
Racial tensions increased in most southern states.
Women were denied the right to own property.
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution are often referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments. Which of the following best describes the central theme of these three amendments?
Equal treatment for all American citizens
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
The right to a fair and speedy trial
Freedom of speech
Following the Reconstruction period, what industry in the Upcountry of South Carolina began to rise?
agriculture
cotton
railroad
textile
This crop’s success in South Carolina was brought to an end by the major hurricane that hit Charleston and Beaufort in 1893
tobacco
indigo
rice
cotton
Populism and the Popular Party had their beginning with whom?
Businessmen
Radio and TV stars
Farmers
Politicians
What is a land grant college?
It is a college that is first set up on land given by the government.
It is a college first set up for real estate investors.
It is a college first set up to teach agriculture, military tactics, and the mechanic arts.
It is a college that is set up for African American students after the Civil War.
Textile mills gave rise to neighborhoods called what?
Suburbs
Lint towns
Mill villages
Slums
As South Carolina entered the 1900s, which new crops were introduced to the Pee Dee region and the Upstate?
Tobacco and strawberries
Corn and peaches
Wheat and soybeans
Tobacco and peaches
In the late 19th century, the phosphate industry in South Carolina grew rapidly. Why did it become important to agriculture?
Phosphates were used to kill the boll weevil.
Phosphates provided the moisture needed by cotton plants.
Phosphates cleaned the water that the mills used for hydropower.
Phosphates were used as fertilizer to restore worn out cotton fields.
Which of the following is NOT one of the other industries in South Carolina that grew after the Civil War?
Phosphates
Mining
Cottonseed oil
Lumber
What is a labor union and why was its existence fought in South Carolina?
It is an organization of workers who pledge to work together to improve working conditions and wages, and businesses believed that paying higher wages would bankrupt them.
It is an organization of Union soldiers who wanted to force Southern states to pay them for their hardships during the Civil War.
It is a group of people who join together to force businesses to pay them money so they can live without having to work.
It is an organization of companies that seek to get a monopoly in one state by driving out all competition.
Which of the following were set up as land grant colleges in South Carolina?
Furman and Francis Marion
South Carolina State and Clemson
Bob Jones and Claflin
University of South Carolina and Benedict
The Dispensary was created in an effort to ________.
increase alcohol sales in the state
prohibit alcohol in the state
have government take ownership of alcohol sales in the state
Privatize alcohol sales in the state
The policy of protecting the interest of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Mass production
Monopoly
Nativism
Nationalism
A program that awarded land for settlement in the Midwest for
farmers and ranchers.
Hammond Act
Homestead Act
Migration Act
Melson Act
What was the purpose of the temperance movement?
to convince people to avoid the use of alcoholic beverages
to extend voting rights to all women over the age of 18.
to improve conditions for immigrants working in factories
to protect rights of convicts leased to private industries
How was Prohibition a failure in South Carolina and United States society?
Caused people to turn to “harder” drugs
Decreased the popularity of the Ku Klux Klan
Increased organized crime and bootlegging
Depleted revenue from alcohol taxes
Why is the 19th Amendment significant?
Banned the consumption of alcohol
Gave black men the right to vote
Outlawed segregation in public schools
Provided women’s suffrage
What was the Great Migration?
The arrival of the boll weevils on the cotton farms of South Carolina
The flight of African-Americans from the South to the urban areas of the North and West
The movement of women to the western states where they received more rights and freedom
The transition of white farmers from the rural areas to factory jobs in the cities of South Carolina
What idea did the theory of Social Darwinism promote in the United States?
Promotes the idea that all races power over the African American race, including foreign immigrants.
Promotes the idea that all races are considered equal and share society’s power.
Promotes the idea that the White race was superior and destined to power over all others.
Promotes the idea that the white race was superior and destined to power over all others.
Which region of the United States had the highest concentration of immigrants because of the abundant industrial jobs?
Southeast farmland
Midwest plains
Northeast cities
Northwest ports
Which of the following was NOT an educational reform made in S.C. during the Progressive era?
Compulsory attendance law
Adult education programs
Increased funding to the schools of the state
Combining white and black schools
What was the impact of the film The Birth of the Nation?
The film increased the idea that all people should be treated equally.
The film helped decrease membership in the KKK.
The film increased racist feelings against African Americans and helped make the Klan more popular.
The film was a very accurate history lesson about the Civil War and Reconstruction.
What did the Southern Literary Renaissance do?
It celebrated the heritage and culture of the north.
It celebrated the heritage and culture of the south.
It made people realize that SC could not produce any quality literature.
None of the above.
Why did many northern industrialists bring textile mills to the south?
There was nobody willing to work up north.
Labor was cheaper in the south.
Mill owners wanted to help improve the lives of African Americans in the south.
None of the above.
What was the ‘speed up’ method?
A greater number of workers would work a smaller number of machines.
A smaller number of workers would work a larger number of machines.
A smaller number of workers would work a larger number of machines.
Machines were set to run at higher speeds
What was the ‘stretch out’ method?
A greater number of workers would work a smaller number of machines.
A smaller number of workers would work a larger number of machines.
Machines were set to run at slower speeds.
Machines were set to run at higher speeds.
Who was James F. Byrnes?
A politician from SC who helped FDR to pass the New Deal through Congress.
A politician from SC who opposed FDR and the New Deal.
A civil rights activist who fought for desegregation in SC.
An author who was a part of the Harlem Renaissance
What were the Fireside Chats?
Radio broadcasts in which FDR reassured Americans.
A battle during WWII.
A conversation between FDR and other world leaders.
None of the above.
Which New Deal Program gave assistance to the elderly, orphaned, disabled, and unemployed?
The Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration.
The Social Security Act.
The National Recovery Act.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
African American pilots who proved African Americans were capable and that the military should be desegregated.
African American pilots who were not successful in the war.
African American sailors who were not successful in the war.
African Americans sailors who had very successful careers in the navy.
Which New Deal Program employed unemployed young men in our nation’s parks?
The Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration.
The Social Security Act.
The National Recovery Act.
Which of the following is true about SC politician Strom Thurmond’s role in the Civil Rights Movement?
Thurmond was a Civil Rights protester who worked to end segregation.
Thurmond was a leader of the KKK who was openly violent towards African Americans
Thurmond was an African American lawyer who worked to end segregation.
Thurmond attempted to preserve segregation by doing things like writing the Southern Manifesto.
The development of resorts such as Hilton Head Island and other South Carolina resort islands threaten existing communities and give South Carolina the unique opportunity to preserve what cultural heritage?
the cultural heritage of the Huguenot experience of the region
the cultural heritage of the Native-American experience of the region
the cultural heritage of the African-American experience of the region
the cultural heritage of the Spanish experience of the region
In the post war period, the state of South Carolina continued a tradition begun in the late 19th century of promoting Northern tourism to Southern regions. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what attracted wealthy Northerners to such places as Aiken and Camden?
exciting attractions such as theme parks and auto racing
beautiful natural attractions such as beaches and camping
temperate outdoor pastimes such as horse racing and hunting
A.modern vacation resorts in scenic locations
What was the “victory abroad, victory at home” (Double V) campaign?
a post World War II campaign of African Americans for civil rights
a World War II campaign to engage Americans on the home front
a World War II campaign to recruit African Americans into the military
a World War II campaign to ration goods needed to win the war
With the assistance of local leaders and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, twenty-five parents brought suit against the school district in a new case, for equal treatment under the law as required by the 14th amendment. What was the name of this case?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Riggs v. Ellison
Bessie v. Burleson
Briggs v. Elliot
What did the GI Bill do?
Desegregate schools.
Force schools to remain segregated.
Put WWII veterans in jail.
Help WWII veterans gain education and start their own businesses.
SC’s outdoor pastimes, warm climate, beaches, historic sites, the wide availability of the automobile, and air conditioning all contributed to the growth of what industry in SC?
Textile mills
Agriculture
Automobile manufacturing
Tourism
What new protest tactic did the ‘Friendship Nine’ begin using?
"pay bail, stay out of jail"
"jail no bail"
Riots
Hunger strikes
Elmore vs. Rice, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the anti-poll tax amendment all did what?
Disenfranchised African Americans
Desegregated public schools
Integrated public facilities
Gave African Americans more opportunity to vote
What weakened the ability of South Carolina workers to demand higher wages after World War II?
Improvements in factory conditions
Reduction in state income taxes
The passage of right to work laws
There was a lack of training for jobs.
What did Modjeska Simkins do to support the Civil Rights Movement?
She took part in violent Black Panther rallies.
She helped with the Elmore vs. Rice and Briggs vs. Elliot Supreme Court Cases.
She refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
All of these
What did Civil Rights leader Septima Clark want?
Equal pay for African American and white teachers.
Separate but equal schools for all races.
To increase tourism in South Carolina.
All of these
Who was a successful African American civil rights lawyer from South Carolina?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strom Thurmond
Rosa Parks
Matthew J. Perry
What was the purpose of the equalization effort?
To preserve segregation by creating schools that could be ‘separate but equal’.
To integrate schools in SC.
To provide African Americans with equal pay.
To give African Americans the right to use all public facilities.
