The Great War
This act silenced all anti-war opinions in the United States.
What was the Sedition Acts?
This was the rebirth of African American art, music, and literature.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Banks in SC began to fail because of this.
What was non-payment on loans and foreclosures?
CCC. What does it stand for, what did it do?
What was the Civilian Conservation Corp. Built state parks.
The US enters WWII because of this attack.
What was Pearl Harbor?
This German military strategy led America into World War I.
What was unrestricted submarine warfare?
What was build near beaches, preserve history, or build hotels in Charleston?
This was why SC switched from cotton to peaches.
What was the boll weevil?
PWA. What does it stand for, what did it do?
What was Public Works Administration. Put young men to work building schools, libraries, and courthouses.
This group of bomber pilots from SC bombed Tokyo in response to Pearl Harbor.
Who were the Doolittle Raiders?
This motivated African Americans to move north during World War I.
What was to escape segregation and work in factories?
This mass media invention had a profound impact on SC during the 1920s.
What was the radio?
Who was MAry McLeod Bethune?
WPA. What does it stand for, what did it do?
Works Progress Administration. Built highways, airports, hospitals, etc.
This South Carolinian politician worked to pass the Lend Lease Act.
Who was James Byrnes?
What was the building of military bases like Camp Jackson?
Bootleggers and moonshiners suffered under these laws.
What was prohibition?
What effect did Honea Path have on Unions in SC?
What was intensified anti-union sentiment?
SSA. What does it stand for, what did it do?
Social Security Act. Worked to give elderly and disabled people pension from US government.
This group of African American airmen were instrumental in the early invasions of Fascist Europe.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
These were in high demand during World War I to cloth the soldiers.
What was cotton?
The Southern Literacy Renaissance was in response to this.
What was criticism of SC culture?
This ended the Great Depression.
What was World War II?
REA. What does it stand for, what did it do?
What was the Rural Electrification Act. Brought electricity to farms in rural SC.
What was expanding Charleson Navy Yards, building of Fort Jackson, economy of SC boomed?