Unit 6 Civil War
What did most slaves in South Carolina do during the Civil War?
They stayed on plantations
Which group benefited the most from sharecropping during the Reconstruction Era?
Landowners
What did Benjamin Tillman encourage as a means to restrict the rights of African Americans?
The constitution of 1895
What was the main goal of the Santee Cooper Project, carried out during the New Deal?
To bring electricity to the rural areas of the Lowcountry by waterpower
How do Charleston and the South Carolina coast, especially Myrtle Beach, effect South Carolina’s economy today?
They promote tourism
Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?
The election of President Abraham Lincoln
What were the negative experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction?
They experienced violence and intimidation
How did South Carolina Populists differ from Populists in other states?
They didn’t support the rights of African American farmers
What were the economic conditions in South Carolina prior to World War I?
Agricultural jobs were becoming less available.
What happened to the agricultural economy in South Carolina after World War II?
It declined in importance
What was the difference between Unionists and cooperationists?
The cooperationists wanted to see if other states supported secession, while the Unionists did not want secession.
During Reconstruction, how did the Republican government experience backlash in South Carolina?
Whites fought to retake the South Carolina government
What is one of the reasons the production of Carolina Gold rice ended?
Natural disasters struck the area
What was a reason many blacks moved to the northern states during World War I?
They could find jobs and better pay.
How did people fight for rights during the civil rights movement in the South?
They held peaceful protests
South Carolina’s nullification crisis was a dispute over what?
The Tariff of 1832
What was one of the major results of the South Carolina Constitution of 1868?
It created a free public education system.
After the Civil War, how were South Carolinian migration patterns different from the migration patterns of other Americans?
South Carolinians fled to the North.
How did the Ku Klux Klan respond in South Carolina during the 1920s?
The Klan regrouped and recruited new members.
In the 1980s and 1990s, how did South Carolina’s economy change?
The military industry decreased
Which Union declaration promised freedom for slaves in the Confederacy?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was one of the greatest problems facing plantation owners during Reconstruction?
They had a hard time getting workers
Segregation in the south increased because of what two major issues?
Jim Crow laws were passed
The Supreme Court decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which new industry hired many women and African Americans between 1941 and 1945?
The war industry
Which court case began with a request for bus service?
Briggs v. Elliott