Economics
How did the Great Depression affect South Carolina agriculture?
Crop prices fell drastically leading to poverty
Refused to give up her bus seat and was an inspiration for Rosa Parks?
Sarah Mae Flemming
Orangeburg Massacre
Which Presidential Candidate ran on restoring law and order in the South in 1968
Richard Nixon
What was the name of the African American veteran who was beaten causing permanent blindness?
Issic Woodard
What Civil Rights Court Case inspired Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
Flemming v SC Electric and Gas
How did bank closures effect Americans during the Great Depression?
Families and businesses could not access their savings
First African American federal judge in SC
Matthew J. Perry
The ___________ were a group of African American students in Little Rock, AR who were escorted into a white school during integration?
Little Rock 9
How did Civil Rights legislation such Executive Order 9981 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect the Democratic Party?
It caused many to question loyalty or leave the Democratic Party?
How did South Carolina participate in the war effort during WWII?
Provided both training and naval support like other major states
What SC Civil Rights court case involved school buses in Clarendon County?
Briggs v Elliott
What caused an increase in electrification in rural areas of South Carolina?
Rural Electrification Act?
Modjeska Simkins
The sit in movement started at what famous diner?
Woolworth in Greensboro, NC
What political party believed in "limited government" and "law and order"?
Republican Party
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese
What Civil Rights court case ruled White Only Primaries were unconstitutional?
Elmore v Rice
What created jobs through public projects such as building roads?
Works Progress Administration
Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B Johnson
How did SC respond to events of Brown v Board of Education?
They attempted to make the schools equal and resist integration.
What Civil Rights Legislation outlawed discrimination in public places based on race or gender?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was Executive Order 9981
Desegregation of military forces signed by President Truman
What SC court case involving school buses eventually joined Brown v Board of Education?
Briggs v Elliott
How did South Carolina's economy respond to war effort during World War II?
Economy boomed
Most prominent Civil Rights leader helped organized Montgomery Bus Boycott and March on Washington.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
How did Civil Rights protests help the Civil Rights movement?
They raised awareness and led to federal involvement in the Civil Rights movement?
What political party split from the Democratic Party in 1948 to preserve segregation and states rights?
Dixiecrats
The _______ gave returning soldiers money for school, housing or business
The GI Bill
What was the outcome of Brown v Board of Education
Racial segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional and schools must integrate "with all deliberate speed"