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Industrialism and Progressive Movement S C - co-opted 2020

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1915 – South Carolina approved a motion to prohibit the sale of all alcoholic beverages

1915 – The General Assembly passed the state's first compulsory education legislation

1916 – The General Assembly passed a child labor law that raised the minimum age for employment to fourteen

1918- The General Assembly passed legislation allowing women to practice law

All of these were highlights of the tenure of Governor Richard Irvine Manning III from 1915 to 1919. Based on these events, Manning was MOST likely

a)

a Populist governor.

b)

a one-term governor.

c)

a Republican politician.

d)

a Progressive politician.

2.

Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution


The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

This amendment significantly increased the power of American voters by

a)

allowing citizens to vote every six years.

b)

allowing citizens to directly elect their Senators.

c)

preventing poll taxes from being levied against black voters.

d)

granting women the right to vote in federal and state elections.

3.

Which progressive cause would have been MOST likely to have been supported by a member of the the Equal Suffrage League of South Carolina?

a)

women's voting rights

b)

prohibition of alcohol

c)

limitations on child labor

d)

restrictions on immigration

4.

Which of these was a characteristic of the Progressive movement?

a)

constant pressure to reduce government regulation and control of business

b)

efforts to increase the control held by the nation's elite, upper class citizens

c)

passage of Civil Rights legislation to end segregation and discrimination in the south

d)

work towards the removal of corrupt influences on local, state, and national government

5.

Which one of the following was the most significant source of urban population growth from 1890-1920?

a)

the elevator

b)

immigration

c)

elimination of small pox

d)

the establishment of suburbs

6.

Which factor would have had the LEAST impact in causing the so-called "Great Migration" of African Americans in much of the 20th century?

a)

the South's relatively poor economy

b)

fewer agricultural jobs in the South

c)

more industrial and manufacturing jobs in the North than in the South

d)

Jim Crow laws banning African-Americans from most types of employment in the South

7.

Which of these statements BEST describes a population trend of South Carolina during the late 19th Century?

a)

immigrants from Ireland flooded into the state

b)

African Americans moved to states in the north

c)

people around the Southeast moved into South Carolina for farming job

d)

textile industries failed to make profits and keep workers in South Carolina

8.

"The Great Migration" of the 20th century could best be described as

a)

a mass movement of political refugees from Asia.

b)

the political refugees from Cuba and Latin America.

c)

the waves of immigrant from eastern and central Europe.

d)

a movement of southern African Americans to the West and North.

9.

The National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909. Given the year, with which of these movements would it be MOST associated?

a)

Populist Movement

b)

Free Soil Movement

c)

Gilded Age Movement

d)

Progressive Movement

10.

Resisted radical Reconstruction in South Carolina

· His supporters were called Red Shirts

· Became the first Democrat elected as governor after Reconstruction (1876)

· Was known as the "Savior of South Carolina"

These statements are describing

a)

Wade Hampton.

b)

John C. Calhoun.

c)

William Simpson.

d)

Daniel H. Chamberlain.

11.

Women's suffrage

· tighter Child Labor laws

· land conservation programs

· "Trustbusting" of corporations

All of these are describing issues that were successfully addressed during what era?

a)

Populist movement

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Temperance Movement

d)

Reformers Movement

12.

What industry helped bring South Carolina's economy out from sharecropping?

a)

automobile

b)

iron

c)

steel

d)

textile

13.

"Separate schools shall be provided for children of white and colored races, and no child of either race shall ever be permitted to attend a school provided for children of the other race."

- 1895 South Carolina Constitution, Article 2, Section 7

This portion of the South Carolina Constitution enforces

a)

aggregation.

b)

congregation.

c)

integration.

d)

segregation

14.

Governor of South Carolina, 1890-1894

·Campaigned for Governor as a friend of the "ordinary" farmer

·Led the effort to put "Jim Crow" laws into the state Constitution

·U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918

All of these are describing which South Carolina politician?

a)

Wade Hampton III

b)

Hugh Smith Thompson

c)

Benjamin Ryan Tillman

d)

Daniel Henry Chamberlain

15.

Why did South Carolina rice production decline in the decades after the Civil War

a)

Americans no longer desired to eat rice.

b)

The boll weevil destroyed most of the crops

c)

Georgia became the dominant producer of rice.

d)

Slave labor was no longer available to harvest it

16.

Why were most textile mills located in the Piedmont/Upcountry area of South Carolina?

a)

Most of the population lived in the Upcountry.

b)

The open plains there made transportation easy

c)

There are many ports there for exporting textiles.

d)

Cheap labor and plentiful water supplies were available.

17.

"Lint head" was a derogatory term used to describe people who worked in what industry?

a)

tobacco

b)

textile

c)

petroleum

d)

railroad

18.

In the late 1800's, textile mills in many areas of the south made new job opportunities available to

a)

women

b)

former slaves

c)

sharecroppers

d)

unemployed farmers

19.

Signs like this one began to be seen in South Carolina in the late-19th century, in a time that has become generally known as the ___________ era.

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Reformer

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

Reconstruction

20.

Which crop continued to dominate South Carolina agriculture in the years following the Civil War

a)

rice

b)

corn

c)

cotton

d)

indigo

21.

The continued popularity of the cotton industry throughout the South in the late nineteenth century led to

a)

fewer periods of unemployment.

b)

an increase in imported cotton.

c)

widespread wealth and prosperity.

d)

more textile mills in the region.

22.

As industry thrived during the late 1800's, a major movement to _________ to find work caused a drastic increase in population in these areas.

a)

small towns

b)

shipyards

c)

cities

d)

slums

23.

What resulted from the advances in transportation and industry that occurred in America between the end of the Civil War and 1900?

a)

Thousands of people migrated to the West to escape the segregated South

b)

Thousands of African-Americans migrated to the South because Reconstruction had ended.

c)

Thousands of people migrated from rural areas to Northern cities like New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.

d)

The U.S. government spent millions of dollars to complete a canal system to link Northern cities to the Mississippi River.

24.

What is meant by the term "segregation" in U.S. history?

a)

the end of the ban on alcohol

b)

allowing all people to be equal

c)

separate facilities for the races

d)

spending tax dollars on certain projects

25.

For what purpose was the "Eight Box Law" designed?

a)

to prevent unions from forming in the South

b)

to ensure that voters were informed of the issues

c)

to prevent free blacks from voting in the late-1800s

d)

to end the use of literacy tests when registering voters

26.

In the late 1800's, Benjamin Tillman appealed to South Carolina voters who

a)

believed in white supremacy and opposed giving African-Americans the right to vote

b)

felt that the economy of South Carolina would benefit from northern investment and control.

c)

supported equal rights for African-Americans and pushed for equality in voting and education.

d)

supported reform in South Carolina's labor laws to improve working conditions and guarantee higher pay.

27.

Which is the BEST description of how the South Carolina state constitution changed in 1895?

a)

The new constitution moved the state capital from Columbia to Charleston.

b)

The new constitution protected basic civil rights and guaranteed voting rights for African-Americans.

c)

The new constitution created uneven representation in the state legislature and gave the Republican party too much political power.

d)

The new constitution established a literacy test and poll taxes for voting and created separate schools for black and white children.

28.

In the late 1800's, the South Carolina legislature adopted a plan in which congressional districts were redrawn so that only one district had an African-American majority. Which term refers to this method of manipulating political representation?

a)

gerrymandering

b)

"Eight Box Law"

c)

Jim Crow election

d)

grandfather clause

29.

Which is the BEST description of the status of race relations in the South in the years following Reconstruction?

a)

Following Reconstruction, African Americans suffered through a resurgence of racial discrimination, terrorism, lynchings, and violence.

b)

Following Reconstruction, African Americans experienced increased levels of freedom, civil rights, and economic and political opportunities.

c)

Following Reconstruction, African Americans enjoyed economic, political, and social opportunities equal to that of their white counterparts.

d)

Following Reconstruction, race relations between white and African American populations were closely supervised and monitored by the Union Army.

30.

What group of people would have been MOST LIKELY to become Populists?

a)

business-people who had made great fortunes

b)

leaders who made laws for important cities

c)

Teachers who hoped to improve their schools

d)

farmers who received little money for their work

31.

Which of these reforms were adopted during the Progressive Era?

a)

a change in the order of Presidential succession

b)

extending suffrage to all citizens 18 years and older

c)

government ownership of railroads and telegraph companies

d)

direct election of Senators by the people rather than the state legislatures