LATE 19th Century Review

Question 1

Who was the leader of the Conservative Democrats?

Accepted Answer

Hampton

Question 2

Which party wanted free coinage of silver, federal loans for farmers & regulation of railroads?

Accepted Answer

Populists

Question 3

What school/schools were closed to start an agricultural school in S.C.?

Accepted Answer

USC & The Citadel

Question 4

What was a nickname of the Conservative Democrats?

Accepted Answer

Redeemers

Question 5

Which things did the Conservative Democrats start practicing in regards to voting?

Accepted Answer

ALL of the Above

Question 6

What ruined rice production in the Late 19thCentury?

Accepted Answer

Hurricanes of 1893

Question 7

What type of farming replaced rice in the Late 19th Century in the LOW COUNTRY?

Accepted Answer

truck farming

Question 8

What discovery in S.C. helped the agriculture business during this time?

Accepted Answer

phosphates

Question 9

What was started during this period that looked out for the interests of the poor farmers?

Accepted Answer

BOTH Farmers Alliances & The Grange

Question 10

As more cotton was produced, cotton prices ___________.

Accepted Answer

dropped

Question 11

What established the time zones and standard time?

Accepted Answer

transcontinental railroad

Question 12

What political Party was started that also looked out for the interests of the poor farmers?

Accepted Answer

BOTH People's and Populists

Question 13

What was the major crop grown in the UpCountry during the Late 19th Century?

Accepted Answer

cotton

Question 14

When did Jim Crow laws finally end?

Accepted Answer

During the 1960's and the Civil Rights Movement

Question 15

Which of the following leaders was for the poor or average farmer?

Accepted Answer

Tillman

Question 16

Who left land to the state so that SC could build its first agricultural college?

Accepted Answer

Clemson

Question 17

What would happen to people who tried to organize unions in the textile mills?

Accepted Answer

they lost their jobs and homes

Question 18

What natural disaster killed thousands of Sea Island residents in 1893?

Accepted Answer

hurricane

Question 19

Who was the People's/Populist Party governor who took control away from Conservative Democrats?

Accepted Answer

Tillman

Question 20

What type of tax states “the more you make, the more you pay”?

Accepted Answer

progressive income tax

Question 21

Which leader believed in limited state government with few services and low taxes?

Accepted Answer

Hampton

Question 22

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?

Accepted Answer

segregation of races

Question 23

When SC rewrote their Constitution in 1895, what was forbidden?

Accepted Answer

ALL of the above

Question 24

The Populist Party Plan wanted a/an __________ hour work day for industrial workers.

Accepted Answer

8

Question 25

What provided the textile industry with a source of power in the Upstate?

Accepted Answer

the river systems

Question 26

What part of the country did many immigrants move to during this time?

Accepted Answer

Both North & West

Question 27

Which leader supported racial harmony in politics and Republican judges

Accepted Answer

Hampton

Question 28

Which court case issued in Jim Crow laws nationally?

Accepted Answer

Plessy vs. Ferguson

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