Inventors
South Carolina History
Space and the Atmosphere
The Great Depression
FINAL JEOPARDY: CIVIL WAR
100
This inventor created the light bulb, which changed the way people lit their homes and businesses.
Who is Thomas Edison
100
As part of the state flag, this tree became vital to the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776, as its logs provided protection from offshore cannon fire from British troops.
What is the Palmetto Tree
100
In June 1752, this newspaperman collected electricity from lightning using a kite tied to the ground along with an attached key.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
100
The “crash” of this financial institution signaled an end to the “the roaring twenties” in 1929.
What is the Stock Market
200
As slavery was dying out due to inefficiency, this inventor created the Cotton Gin (1793), revitalizing the practice in the south as the cotton and textile industry subsequently boomed.
Who is Eli Whitney
200
This fort off the coast of Charleston became the powder keg that sparked Civil War, when Citadel cadets fired on federal troops in April of 1861.
What is Fort Sumter
200
In July 1969, this astronaut made history as the first man to land and walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong
200
Once FDR took office in 1933, he proposed this new set of programs, reforms, and regulations to help stabilize the economy in the midst of the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal
300
Besides being the most famous scientist to ever live, this inventor conceived of “atomic theory”, which produced the most deadly weapon in human history (the atomic bomb).
Who is Albert Einstein
300
This Revolutionary War fighter was known for his Guerrilla tactics against British troops, as he used the swamps along the coast to even the odds in battle.
Who is Francis Marion (“The Swamp Fox”)
300
This last “planet” from the sun was demoted in 2006, as it now goes by the minor planet designation 134340.
What is Pluto
300
In the mid and southwest, this man made disaster ravaged a large section of the country from 1930-1936. As deadly clouds of formed as a result of farmers overworking the soil.
What is the Dust Bowl
400
In order to communicate over vast distances, this inventor utilized a system that utilized taps (or code) being transferred via an electric wire.
Who is Samuel Morse
400
This senator from South Carolina was once a vice president to Andrew Jackson, and known for proposing the “compromise of 1850” which limited the spread of slavery to the 36, 30 parallel and enacted the fugitive slave law.
Who is John C. Calhoun
400
In a race to beat the U.S. as the first nation to send technology into space, the Soviet Union launched this satellite in 1957.
What is Sputnik
400
Homeless and unemployed, workers their families showed discontent for the president (who served from 1929-1933) by giving the tent cities they lived in this nickname.
What are Hooverville(s)
500
This German inventor was the father of mass produced print material, as he created a press that utilized removable type in 1438.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
500
Born in Fountain Inn in 1907, this Broadway performer did not let the loss of his leg at the age of 12 slow him down, becoming known as one of the best tap dancers in history by the time of his death in 1998.
Clayton “peg leg” Bates
500
When it launched 1990, this satellite gave scientists a never before seen view of the universe, as it was the first telescope to be flown into space.
What is the Hubble Telescope
500
This New Deal program employed many workers while also stopping erosion by building dams that utilized hydroelectricity.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority
500
William Sherman