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WKMS 20's and 30's

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What name is given to the mass exodus of African-Americans from the South to the North (1910 to 1920) to work in factories? Great Migration.
What types of improvements for farmers did the REA provide? electric water pumps, lights, milking machines, fences
Why did SC NOT benefit from the economic boom of the 1920’s? Farm prices had dropped and farmers had little money to spend.
Which New Deal programs are responsible for expanding facilities at the Charleston Naval Yard? Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA)
Which New Deal program provided electricity to the coastal areas of SC by building dams and creating Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie? Santee Cooper Project
Which New Deal Program is associated with the Newberry Electric Cooperative? Rural Electrification Authority (REA)
Which decade is associated with cultural changes such as the Charleston, gum chewing contests and flag pole sitting, “modern” appliances like washing machines and more free time for women, prohibition, bootleg alcohol and crime 1920’s
Which relief agency worked on conservation projects such as planting trees on public lands and fighting forest fires? Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Which relief agencies dug channels and canals to create the Intracoastal Waterway? Public Works Administration (PWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA)
What destroyed most of the state’s cotton crop during the 1920’s? boll weevil
Which relief agencies built schools, sidewalks, and golf courses? Public Works Administration (PWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA)
What happened(effect) in SC as a result of (cause) mass production of automobiles? growth of hotels, restaurants and repair shops
Which program provided money to retired workers and unemployment payments to workers who lost their jobs and couldn't find a new one? Social Security Administration (SSA)
Which New Deal agency employed artists and writers by hiring them to produce murals and plays to record interviews of former slaves? Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Which New Deal agency built Hunting Island State Park and Myrtle Beach State Park? Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
How did FDR's "New Deal" impact SC? It provided relief, recovery, and reform for the American people
Which agency collected slave histories (like the interview with Fountain Hughes you heard) and old manuscripts in order to create a Historical Records Survey? Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Why did many African Americans decide to leave the South after WW I? Industries sent agents south to recruit workers and pay for their train ticket north.
To what Northern city sis nearly half of SC's migrating black population move from 1917 to 1923? Philadelphia
How were migration patterns in SC different than they were in other areas of the country in the early 20th century? People moved from the South to the North..
Which military forts were created in SC during WW I? Fort Jackson, Camp Sevier
Why did the US get involved in WW I? The Germans kept sinking American merchant ships.
What is the term used to describe money paid regularly to a retired person? Pension.
How did the Great Depression affect people in SC and in the US? 1) There was wide-spread unemployment. 2) People lost their homes and farms. 3) People lost their life-savings when banks failed. 4) Businesses failed.
In what ways did SC contribute to WW I? several military bases were built, citizens served in the military, farmers increased farm production to help feed the troops, women sold war bonds and worked in jobs in the place of men who were fighting
Which counties made up the Allies during WW I? England, France, US, Russia, Serbia
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