Amendments
Gave voting rights to women (women's suffrage).
19th Amendment
Why might a company prefer to hire children?
Low cost of labor.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
A huge boom of new technologies, transportation, communication and population?
Overproduction of cotton impacted farmers in South Carolina because it caused prices to drop pushing farmers into what?
Debt
What industry expanded westward during the mid to late 1800’s?
Railroad
18th Amendment
Prohibited the making, selling, and transportation of alcohol.
Labor Unions not only were they fighting for working conditions but often fighting for what other aspects of life to improve?
Education, Libraries & Credit Institutions
Factory workers from what region mainly consisted of African Americans and Immigrants?
North
South Carolina crops were not as prosperous as other regions in the 1920’s due to what, which led to lower crop prices?
Overproduction
The idea of keeping the races separate is called what?
Segregation
16th Amendment
Authorized a graduated income tax.
The biggest way for Unions to gather support and get the requests they desired was to go on what?
Strike
Factory workers in the South mainly consisted of who?
Poor Whites
What tiny insect impacted the southern economy by making farmers find new ways of making a living?
Boll weevil
The Farmers Alliance and the _________________________ both wanted to help small farmers.
Populist Party
Amendment allowed for the direct election of Senators.
17th
What affected many families in South Carolina because they relied on the income they earned from their children?
Child Labor Law
After Reconstruction, how did industrial growth in South Carolina compare to the industrial growth in northern states?
Some growth but still lagged behind northern states.
The crop lien cycle forced who into debt?
Sharecroppers
What destroyed much of the transportation infrastructure in the South?
The Civil War
Which group inspired the 16th and 17th Amendments?
Populist Party
A new south envisioned a new way to operate. Instead of shipping cotton to factories they built what type factories near the fields?
Textile
Name 2 negative aspects of new life during the Industrial Revolution?
Racial Discrimination and Violence, Corruption in Business and Gov., Poor Working Conditions, Child Labor, Poverty
Who benefited the most economically from the crop lien system.
Bankers/Creditors
These reforms were popular in South Carolina to give people a voice in government and expand democracy: direct election of Senators, ___________________, primary elections, referendum and recall.
Secret Ballot