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8-5.6 Review

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8th grade 2015

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1
What problems did farmers encounter that left the crops dead and wallets dry?
drought
overproduction of crops
land sabotage by freedmen
tornado
2
How did the Morrill Act help build land grant colleges?
used abandoned or commended land for agricultural support
portions of western lands,sold to support farming
gave all the money sold from the property to the farmers
supporters of this idea shared land for farmers to learn
3
How did the earthquake during 1886 revolutionized scientific study?
money management
what causes an earthquake
where earthquakes are mostly located
modernized practices construction and disaster preparedness
4
What did the hurricane that struck Charlestown in 1893 destroy?
all above
the homes of citizens
the capital building
Carolina Gold
5
How did the farmers of SC first respond to this problem (crop lien)?
used their extra money to survive
sold all their supplies to get out of crop lien debt
started to work in mills
planted more so that they could make more profit
6
What cash crop was introduced in the Pee Dee region?
tobacco
corn
indigo
rice
7
Why did Ben Tillman establish schools for farmers?
better crop management
how to protect their farms
how to kill weeds
mechanical operation
8
What did the Populists Party help support?
eight box law and poll tax
Conservative elite
child labor
railroads
9
What law did the Conservatives pass that put farmers into a deeper agricultural depression?
credit
fair labor standards act of 1938
crop lien
debit
10
Why did SC farmers accept the leadership of Ben Tillman?
shutting down the Conservative elite
the killing of freedmen
support the creation of a new govt.(for the poor)
appealed to the needs of the people