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Unit 14 FINAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was SCS most iconic Dixiecrat nominee for president? | Strom Thurmond |
| What is a Dixiecrat? | a southern party formed out of concern for states’ rights; they got over a million votes in the 1948 election with Strom Thurmond as their nominee |
| a moderate democrat who was governor of SC whose colorblind policies and stand against racial discrimination did much to help the state | John C. West |
| 2010 legislation that regulated the risky lending practices that led to the recession | Dodd-Frank Act |
| What storm made landfall in SC in Sept 1989 | Hurricane Hugo |
| What meteorologist predicted Hurricane Hugo | Jim Gandy |
| Who was the mayor of Greenville from 1971-1979 that revitalized downtown? | Max Hellar |
| caused a decline of the SC textile industry during the 1990s because labor overseas became cheaper | NAFTA (North American free trade agreement) |
| What plant that opened in SC saved the economy here? | BMW |
| When did BMW come to the upstate? | Moved in 1992- opened in 1994 |
| What scandal involved president Nixon spying on democrats at the Watergate Hotel? | Watergate |
| T of F Nixon had to resign in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal | T |
| The F16A's of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Tactical Fighter Group were nicknamed what? | Swamp foxes |
| What happened on Sep 11, 2001 | 3000 US citizens were killed by two planes colliding into the world trade centers in New York- Islamic terrorist highjacked the planes |
| What was the response to the World Trade Center attacks | Operation Enduring Freedom- meant to destroy Al Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan, Arrest Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda leader. and overthrow the Taliban regime, which supported bin Laden and his organization. |