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WKMS Turn of the Cen
WKMS Turn of the Century
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the Industrial Revolution impact the U.S.? | The new industries created wealthy "captains of industry." |
| What industries expanded into the North and West because of railroads? | oil, steel and meat-packing |
| Which industries impacted SC after the Civil War? | Textiles, lumber, phosphates, cotton-seed oil |
| How were the political views of Tillman's Populists and Hampton's Conservatives different? | Hampton believed in political equality and Tillman tried to disfranchise African Americans. |
| What ideas were supported by the Populist Party? | 1) graduated income tax, 3) government regulation of railroads and banks, 4)federal farm loans |
| What was one development from the Progressive Movement that affected SC and the rest of the nation? | Prohibition |
| What industries began to thrive in SC at the turn of the century? | Textiles, phosphates for fertilizers, and wood products, cotton seed oil |
| True or False? Mills were dirty, noisy and unsafe places in which workers were required to work very long hours. | True |
| Which political movement (political party) was formed and supported by small farmers and poor and middle class whites because they felt the government was not doing anything to help them. | Populist Party |
| Why did supporters of temperance believe alcohol should be illegal? | It contributed to the break up of families, crime and poverty. |
| Which governor of SC was a Populist that supported farmers, but not African Americans? | Benjamin Tillman |
| What was the Eight Box Law? | It was a law intended to restrict the voting rights of African Americans and poor whites by requiring voting precincts to have eight ballot boxes and for a vote to be counted it had to be placed in the correct box. |
| How did women in SC participate in the Progressive Movement? | Women's clubs promoted prohibition and started local libraries. |
| Which land grant college, created by Benjamin Tillman, was established as an agricultural and mechanical school? | Clemson |
| Which amendment granted SC women the right to vote (suffrage)? | 19th Amendment |
| Which group is responsible for child labor laws that raised the minimum working age to 12 years and then to 14? | The Progressives |
| What reforms did progressives in SC support? | ending child labor, outlawing the use of alcohol, improvements in education |
| Which SC governor is credited with reforms such as upgrading hospitals, reorganizing jails, paving dirt roads and building new highways and libraries? | Richard Manning |
| During which era did the people of SC first begin to look to the government to help correct problems in society? | The Progressive Era |
| What did supporters of temperance movement want to see happen? | They wanted it to be illegal to make or sell alcohol. |
| Which politcal group seized control when Reconstruction ended and wanted to return SC to the way it was before the Civil War? | Wade Hampton III and the Conservative (Bourbon) Democrats |
| Which Progressive-era SC governor improved education in SC by passing a compulsory school attendance law? | Richard Manning |
| What did textile mill owners do to attact workers to their mills? | They set up villages and provided housing,schools,churches,stores and baseball teams for mill workers. |
| What industry was important because it provided jobs for many people in SC? | Textile mills |
| Why did Wade Hampton and the Conservative Democrats call themselves the "Redeemers"? | They wanted to redeem SC from the rule of the Radical Republicans and return things to the way they were before the Civil War. |
| Why did the textile industry prosper in SC's Upcountry after the Civil War? | There was cheap land, cheap labor, and fast-moving water to provide power for the mills. |
| What are textiles? | fabrics made by weaving cotton fibers |
| True or False: SC enacted Prohibition before it went into effect in the rest of the country in 1920. | True |
| How did Governor Ben Tillman control the distribtion of alcohol in the state before Prohibition? | He created the Dispensary system which gave SC a monopoly on selling alcohol in the state. |
| True or False: Race relations improved greatly during the time in which Benjamin Tillman was governor. | False: Tillman was extremely racist and race relations got much worse during the time he was governor and lynchings and violence against Aftican Americans increased. |
| How did the SC Constitution of 1895 disenfranchise Afican Americans? | It required men to pay a poll tax six months before elections in order to be eligible to vote. |
| Define Disenfanchise | to take away a persons right to vote |
| Why did many mill workers not like the child labor and educational reforms of the Progressives? | The families needed the income the children brought to the family. |
| Why did many people in SC support the Populist Party at the turn of the century? | Small farmers were suffering and felt like the government wasn't doing anything for them. |
| How did SC Governor Richard I. Manning raise money to pay for his reforms such as construction of new roads, paving old roads, improving hospitals and establishing public schools? | He implemented an new Progressive graduated income tax system. |
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