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1920's Test Flashcards

1
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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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3
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What are Textiles?

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Fabrics made by weaving fibers

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4
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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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6
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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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7
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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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9
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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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10
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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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13
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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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15
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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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16
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What came out of the Progressive Movement ?

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Prohibition

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17
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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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18
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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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19
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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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21
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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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22
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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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23
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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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24
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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.

25
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Between 1910 and 1920, about how many people moved from the South into Northern states?

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500,000

26
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Describe the Women’s suffrage movement in SC after WW1?

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Women got the right to vote in 1920 when the 19th amendment went into effect.

27
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Describe a change in daily life after WW1?

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Blacks entered college at a growing rate.

28
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Describe the change in urban industry in SC after WW1?

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Textile mills became a bigger factor in the economy.

29
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What effect did Prohibition have on SC?

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It created an underground economy for alcohol.

30
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What was a speakeasy?

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A nightclub that operated illegally during the Prohibition.

31
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What did the boll weevil do in SC during the 1920’s?

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It destroyed nearly half of the cotton crop.

32
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Describe the role of the KKK in SC during the 1920’s.

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The Klan blamed blacks for changes in the social climate.

33
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Describe the New Deal’s impact on SC

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The New Deal provided employment and education for many people.

34
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Which new Deal project was created to build and maintain power plants in rural communities?

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Rural Electrification Administration

35
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Describe the Works progress administration

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it became the best known new Deal agencies

36
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Where did many immigrants live when they first arrived in the US?

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Large cities on the East coast.

37
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Why were some American born citizens hostile to immigrants?

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They were worried that immigrants would take their jobs.

38
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Who led the Suffrage Movement in SC?

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Eulalie Chaffee Salley

39
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Works Progress Administration

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Responsible for helping build state parks in SC.

40
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Flapper

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young women with short skirts, bobbed hair, and showed a dislike for the time

41
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Jazz

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type of music introduced during period of prohibition, popular with some today.

42
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Fort Jackson

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largest army training facility in US

43
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Civilian conservation Corps

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agency that employed young men (18-25) , provided food, housing, and $30/month salary and often provided training.

44
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Muckrakers

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Name given by T. Roosevelt to those people who uncovered corruption in some aspects of the business world

45
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Josphine Pinkney

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one of the writers in the Southern Literary Renaissance

46
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SC Tax Commision

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one of the agencies created during the Progressive movement, oversaw the enforcement of the states income tax

47
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SC State, Benedict, Voorhees

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colleges that enrolled African American Students in the early 1900s

48
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Rumrunners

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illegally involved bringing foreign alcohol into the US

49
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Upton Sinclair

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author of a novel that led to the govt controls in the meat packing industry.

50
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Mass Media

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the widespread use of radio, magazines, and newspapers to inform the public.

51
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Progressive Movement

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widespread changes influenced by the factors that existed in the US between the 1890s and the 1920s

52
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Suffrage

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Right to vote

53
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Theodore Roosevelt

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Became president after assassination of William McKinley- a progressive

54
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James F Byrnes

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A SC native who served as governor, senator, representative, and supreme court justice

55
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Movement

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Efforts and results of a group of people working together toward a common goal

56
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New Deal

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Govt program placed in effect in 1933

57
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Urbanization

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one main factor that led to a need for a change; movement of people to cities

58
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Social Security

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provide financial assistance for retiring citizens, and or disabled and not capable of working

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