Change in political parties was led by changing opinions about what issue?
What is Race.
100
Two notable examples of a proxy war the United States fought during the Cold War.
What is the Vietnam War and the Korean War
100
This 1896 Supreme Court Case began legal segregation in the United States.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
100
A country that has significant political, economic, and military influence throughout the world is known as this.
What is a Superpower.
100
This candidate became president as a result of the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reconstruction.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes.
200
This president officially desegregated the military in 1948.
Who is Harry Truman.
200
The main rival of the United States during the Cold War.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or the Soviet Union
200
This Supreme Court Case that began in Clarendon County was part of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation in schools and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Briggs v. Elliott.
200
The loss of large sections of city populations to the suburbs is known as this.
What is "White Flight."
200
The 19th Amendment did what?
What is gave women the right to vote.
300
Political party created by Strom Thurmond in response to the beginning of civil rights.
What is the Dixiecrats.
300
Location in SC of one of the nation's largest nuclear manufacturing sites
What is the Savannah River Site
300
This group of demonstrators, arrested after a Sit-In in Rock Hill, SC, accepted a jail sentence instead of posting bail.
What is the Friendship Nine.
300
This city in North Carolina was the location of influential sit-ins that increased the visibility of the Civil Rights movement.
What is Greensboro, NC.
300
Senator that moved to rewrite the SC Constitution in 1895 ushering in Jim Crow Laws in SC.
Who is Ben Tillman.
400
Strom Thurmond supported this presidential candidate in 1968, solidifying the party shift from Democrat to Republican.
Who is Richard Nixon.
400
This system of roads was developed to decrease travel times across the country.
What is the Interstate Highway System.
400
The first African American student to attend Clemson University.
Who is Harvey Gantt.
400
This Supreme Court Case forced the SC Democratic Party to open voting to all races.
What is Elmore v. Rice.
400
The Three axis powers during World War 1.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
500
This regional voting bloc was entirely Democratic and for years could be counted on to vote for one party and candidate all together.
What is the "Solid South."
500
Wisconsin Senator who led a campaign against alleged Communist sympathizers in the United States.
Who is Joseph McCarthy
500
SC educator who fought for equal pay and founded Citizenship Schools to educate people in reading and writing so they could register to vote.
Who is Septima P. Clark.
500
Lawyer who bailed out Harvey Gantt after he was arrested for a sit-in in Charleston.
Who is Matthew J. Perry.
500
Group of African American pilots during WWII, some of which trained in SC.