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Moose-20 Century SC
20th Century South Carolina
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did SC's economy improve during Strom Thurmond's administration as governor? | Charleston's port facilities grew and improved and educational improvements were made. |
| What is one reason Charleston become a major seaport? | through its container facilities |
| How were veterans helped through the GI Bill? | loans to build house, open businesses, educational grants |
| What federal government project did Strom Thurmond bring to SC? | Savannah River Site |
| How did the Savannah River Site boost SC's economy? | brought jobs to rural community |
| Why is SC an attractive place to build factories? | SC gives businesses a tax break, low wages are paid, lack of labor unions |
| What does it mean that SC is a "right to work" state? | Laws support management, workers aren't required to join labor unions so companies deal directly with workers instead of union leaders |
| Why do foreign companies relocate to SC? | busy commercial ports to export/import products |
| What did the NAACP do upon its establishment? | worked to challenge discriminatory laws through the courts |
| Which civil rights leader organized branches of NAACP in SC? | Modjeska Simkins |
| Which Civil Rights organization developed plans of action against civil rights violations? | National Urban League |
| Which organization staged sit-ins in restaurants, led the first freedom rides, and conducted voter registration drives? | CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) |
| Which leader believed in non-violent protests as the best method to challenge discriminatory laws? | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Which group of young people worked to help blacks register to vote, led sit-ins at lunch counters, and led boycotts of businesses not serving black customers? | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Which SC college was the first to desegregate in 1963? | Clemson |
| What is the event began with a protest of segregation at a bowling alley, resulting in the deaths of 3 students? | Orangeburg Massacre |
| What was the chant of the Friendship Nine to bring more attention to the lunch counter protest? | Jail, no bail |
| Who was the public school teacher that taught civil disobedience and founded citizenship schools? | Septima Clark |
| Which civil rights leader helped write the declaration for the Briggs v. Elliot court case? | Modjeska Simkins |
| Which SC leader was the first African-American federal judge who challenged segregation during the Civil Rights Movement? | Matthew J. Perry |
| Which court case ruled white primaries in SC was unconstitutional? | Elmore v. Rice |
| Which court case challenged Plessy v. Ferguson for an equal school bus to take children to the all-black school and what was its outcome? | Briggs v. Elliot; ruling was for the state of SC |
| What is significant about the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education? | overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, stating integration in schools with "all deliberate speed" |
| What was Strom Thurmond's response to the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education? | condemned the decision by the Supreme Court |
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