Vocabulary
A German submarine used in WWI and II
U-Boat
The President at the time WWI broke out. Initially wanted the US to remain neutral
Woodrow Wilson
Allied Powers
Prohibition led to an increase in crime and corruption as "bootleggers" and "moonshiners" violated the law. True or False
True
The 2 crops farmers turned to at the end of the 1920's
Peaches and livestock
Blockade
This town changed its name to North Augusta because of anti-German feelings
Hamburg
Germany and its allies
Central Powers
The insect that attacked cotton crops in South Carolina
Boll Weevil
This method was used by mill owners to increase profits
speed-up and stretch-out
A secret diplomatic communication. Proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico
During WWI, some South Carolinians opposed the war but were not willing to speak out because of this Act
The Sedition Act
was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York
because of the automobile and this system, some people moved to the suburbs on the outskirts of cities such as Columbia
trolley system
The stock market crash of 1929 marked the beginning of what event in US history
The Great Depression
A British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine. One of the events leading to US entry into WWI
Lusitania
States maintained the same racist views toward this group of people once they returned home from war
African Americans
The "Roaring Twenties"
Textile industries in SC grew throughout the 1920's because of this reason
New England textile mills closed and moved South
The two authors who celebrated South Carolina's traditions and heritage through the Southern Literary Renaissance
Julia Peterkin and DuBose Heyward
named because of its many bloody clashes - was also characterized by racial friction and violence.
The "Red Summer"
was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of rural Southern US to urban Northeast
The Great Migration
Textile industries struggled because of reasons such as
Declining demand, Nylon replaced cotton, and less material was used for fashion
The 3 reasons South Carolina's tourism surged
The opening of hotels, the national historic preservation movement, and travel being made easier