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Changes to SC Economy
World War I and II
Great Depression
Civil Rights Movement
Terms
100
textiles
What is the industry that provided most jobs for South Carolinians in the 20th century?
100
military bases
What helped improve SC's economy in both World War I and II?
100
Black Tuesday
What is considered the beginning of the Great Depression?
100
Rosa Parks
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus?
100
Three Sisters
What is corn, squash and beans grown together?
200
tenant farming and sharecropping
What is the way of farming that decreased after World War II?
200
end of the Great Depression
What was the result of World War II?
200
started before 1929
How was SC different from the nation in the Great Depression?
200
Orangeburg Massacre
What is name of incident where three college students were killed trying to integrate a bowling alley?
200
muckraker
What is a journalist who wrote about dangerous industrial practices?
300
tourism
What became SC's number one industry?
300
Victory Abroad, Victory at Home
What is Double V?
300
Santee Cooper electricity project
What is largest New Deal program in SC?
300
Southern Manifesto
What is name of document written by Strom Thurmond protesting Brown v. Board of Education?
300
land-grant college
What is college funded by land sales in the West to teach agriculture in the East?
400
State Development Board
What is the government organization that encourages and solicits industry to SC?
400
FDR
Who was president during World War II?
400
fireside chats
What is name of FDR's radio talks?
400
Briggs v. Elliott
What is the name of the SC case that was part of Brown v. Board of Education?
400
gerrymandering
What is dividing Congressional districts to favor one group?
500
SC Trade Schools
What was the beginning of the SC technical school system started by Strom Thurmond?
500
money for education, businesses and houses given to soldiers
What is G. I. Bill?
500
Rural Electrification Act
What is law that set up power cooperatives to bring electricity to rural areas?
500
Harvey Gantt
Who was the first African-American student at Clemson?
500
Cold War
What is build-up of nuclear arms between USSR and USA after World War II?