Question | Answer |
Carpetbaggers | People from the north that tried to take advantage of the financial situation in the south |
Scalawags | People from the south that were sympathetic to the Republican party during Reconstruction |
New South | South becoming more industrial |
Solid South | South voting for the same party consistently |
8 Box Law | A primitive Literacy test that tries to disenfranchise African Americans |
Disenfranchise | Strip away the right to vote |
Poll Tax | A tax in order to vote- a way to disenfranchise African Americans |
Grandfather Clause | If your grandfather could vote in 1860, you can vote. Loophole in the poll tax and other literacy test |
Jim Crow Laws | makes segregation legal |
Benjamin Tillman- AKA Pitchfork Ben | Appeals to the common man, blames African Americans for the struggles in SC |
Plessy v. Ferguson | Seperate but equal facilities are constitutional |
voting under Ben Tillman | Literacy test- interpret the US Constitution
Poll Tax- paid 6 months in advance |
Purpose of Jim Crow Laws | Restrict African Americans |
Example of Segregation | Whites and Blacks going to different schools, restaurants, etc. |
During Post-Reconstruction, term many southerners called the Civil War | Lost Cause |
Main supporters of Pitchfork Ben | Poor, white farmers |
Reason Clemson was established | To study agriculture |
Reason most people moved to the Upstate | Farmers struggled, moved to textile mills for a more consistent job |
Disasters that set SC back | Earthquake of 1886 and Hurricane of 1893 |
Types of industries in SC | Textiles, Phosphate mining, and wood |