South Carolina 1939-2015

This president sponsored a Civil Rights bill in Congress in 1962 and was assassinated in 1963.

This man served as a governor, senator, education superintendent, and as a teacher.

The SC Constitution was amended in this method between 1971-1976 to get rid of white supremacy.

Cotton farming decreased after WWII and more farmers turned to....

This scandal involved Nixon breaking into the Democratic headquarters.

First republican governor in SC....

Nine black students entered central High School protected by federal troops in what city?

Lyndon Johnson replaced Kennedy and did all of the following in his Great Society except..

The first black pilots in a US war..

These airfields held German POW's and trained the Tuskagee Airmen 

First SC man to win a Nobel Peace Prize. 

One of the twelve astronauts who stepped on the moon from SC.

How many people from SC served in WWII? 

These trade schools first appeared in SC in 1962.

This political party became the dominant party in SC in the 1970s.

This US general from SC commanded troops in Vietnam.

Three people died and 27 were wounded when this group protested in Charleston in 1969

After Carter signed the Camp David accords, oil prices________.

What happened to rural and urban demographics in SC after WWII?

This was the term used to describe the division between free W. Europe and communist E. Europe.

South Carolina experienced an increase of all of the following industries during WWII except

The launch of this Soviet satellite began the Space Race between the US and the USSR.

What happened to the population of the US after WWII?

Who won the presidential election in 1960?

This SC governor pledged to be "color blind" to race or treat all equally. (1971-1975)

Who are the current SC Senators?

This governor improved education.

The Marshall Plan pledge to .............(1947)

This Texas case was important to SC because it made the White primary was unconstitutional.

A group of Airmen from SC who attacked the German & Japanese and were assembled in Columbia

In 1947 the US pledged aid to any country threatened by communism (part of containment.)

At this conference the USSR entered war against Japan and Germany was split. (1945)

This governor proposed an increase in sales taxes to get around school segregation.

What changed about the work force during WWII?

This man served in the NAACP and was elected to the senate.

Blacks protested the treatment of this baseball player in the Greenville Airport.

Students went on strike because a bowling alley only admitting white students in this county

This Act gave the president the right to end a strike if it threatened security.

This SC man died in the explosion of the Challenger in 1986.

The 22nd amendment.....

George Kennan said the United States should ________communism and not let it spread.

First black, female house member.

This court case ended school segregation.

All of the following changed about farming after WWII in SC except..

A war in which the US helped the South and the USSR helped the North in SE Asia. 1950-1953

John Dulles came up with this policy to go to the edge of war and end passive containment.

Clemson was desegregated in _____ and ________ was the first black student.

This powerful political group controlled SC politics from 1941 to the 1970s.

All of the following factors attract industry to SC EXCEPT

This SC governor favored building highways over funding schools.

What ended the Great Depression and brought economic success to South Carolina? 

This president used military build up and Negotiation to ease tensions and end the Cold War.

First SC women to serve in the General Assembly

This war divided an Asian country into two parts and ended with a communist takeover in 1975. 

The Education Act of 1984 did all of the following except..

This wall divided East and West Germany from 1961 to 1989.

The US became involved in WWII after the ______attacked Pearl Harbor.

When the US sent Cuban exiles to invade Cuba (Bay of Pigs), Cuba responded by..

This new industry came the SC after WWII.