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Why did SC Low country farmers stop growing rice?

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Hurricanes and storms wiped out farms.

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What replaced cotton as a cash crop in the Pee Dee section of SC?

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Tobacco

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What are Textiles?

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Fabrics made by weaving fibers

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What group was not an improvement to SC after WW1?

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KKK

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William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams were important to the

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southern literary Renaissance

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SC benefited from the New Deal programs because it..

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gave jobs to the unemployed

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Which industry tries to attract visitors to the state?

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Tourism

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Which GOVT program helped promote the Rural Elect. Act in SC?

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New Deal

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What event helped usher in the Great Depression much earlier in SC than other states in the North?

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Arrival of the boll weevil

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The 19th amendment to the constitution was passed by Congress on 1919. When did SC officially ratify this amendment?

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1969

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Where did the textile industry grow in the later part of the 19th and early 20th century?

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Upcountry

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How did the mechanization of the textile industry and the emigration of the African American community from SC affect the agricultural economy?

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Agricultural economy DECREASED

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What was the goal of the Santee Cooper Project?

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To bring electricity to the rural areas.

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What fueled the expansion of the textile industry in SC in the late 19th century and early 20th century?

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Industrialization

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What was the National Guard training facility in SC during WW1?

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Camp Wadsworth

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What came out of the Progressive Movement ?

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Prohibition

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Main goal of the Progressive movement in SC was to

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correct problems left by industrialization and immigration

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What types of people were most responsible for pushing through national progressive reform policy?

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Urban, Middle Class citizens

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What describes Prohibition in SC in the early 20th century?

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Prohibition outlawed the sale of alcohol in SC in 1915

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Describe the accomplishments of women during this period of progressive reform..

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Women’s groups made many improvements

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What governor is credited w/providing the most progressive reforms in SC during this time?

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Richard Irvine Manning III

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Describe economic conditions in SC Prior to WW1.

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Agricultural jobs were becoming less available

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Describe one effect of the US entering into WW1

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There was a greater need for cotton production.

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What was a main reason blacks moved to the Northern states during WW1?

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They could find jobs and better pay.

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Between 1910 and 1920, about how many people moved from the South into Northern states?
500,000
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Describe the Women's suffrage movement in SC after WW1?
Women got the right to vote in 1920 when the 19th amendment went into effect.
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Describe a change in daily life after WW1?
Blacks entered college at a growing rate.
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Describe the change in urban industry in SC after WW1?
Textile mills became a bigger factor in the economy.
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What effect did Prohibition have on SC?
It created an underground economy for alcohol.
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What was a speakeasy?
A nightclub that operated illegally during the Prohibition.
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What did the boll weevil do in SC during the 1920's?
It destroyed nearly half of the cotton crop.
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Describe the role of the KKK in SC during the 1920's.
The Klan blamed blacks for changes in the social climate.
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Describe the New Deal's impact on SC
The New Deal provided employment and education for many people.
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Which new Deal project was created to build and maintain power plants in rural communities?
Rural Electrification Administration
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Describe the Works progress administration
it became the best known new Deal agencies
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Where did many immigrants live when they first arrived in the US?
Large cities on the East coast.
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Why were some American born citizens hostile to immigrants?
They were worried that immigrants would take their jobs.
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Who led the Suffrage Movement in SC?
Eulalie Chaffee Salley
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Works Progress Administration
Responsible for helping build state parks in SC.
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Flapper
young women with short skirts, bobbed hair, and showed a dislike for the time
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Jazz
type of music introduced during period of prohibition, popular with some today.
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Fort Jackson
largest army training facility in US
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Civilian conservation Corps
agency that employed young men (18-25) , provided food, housing, and $30/month salary and often provided training.
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Muckrakers
Name given by T. Roosevelt to those people who uncovered corruption in some aspects of the business world
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Josphine Pinkney
one of the writers in the Southern Literary Renaissance
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SC Tax Commision
one of the agencies created during the Progressive movement, oversaw the enforcement of the states income tax
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SC State, Benedict, Voorhees
colleges that enrolled African American Students in the early 1900s
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Rumrunners
illegally involved bringing foreign alcohol into the US
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Upton Sinclair
author of a novel that led to the govt controls in the meat packing industry.
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Mass Media
the widespread use of radio, magazines, and newspapers to inform the public.
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Progressive Movement
widespread changes influenced by the factors that existed in the US between the 1890s and the 1920s
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Suffrage
Right to vote
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Theodore Roosevelt
Became president after assassination of William McKinley- a progressive
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James F Byrnes
A SC native who served as governor, senator, representative, and supreme court justice
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Movement
Efforts and results of a group of people working together toward a common goal
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New Deal
Govt program placed in effect in 1933
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Urbanization
one main factor that led to a need for a change; movement of people to cities
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Social Security
provide financial assistance for retiring citizens, and or disabled and not capable of working

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