SC History Unit Six

Question 1

Which statement BEST describes the women’s suffrage movement?

Accepted Answer

S C did not ratify the 19th Amendment, but the US did.

Question 2

What was the purpose of President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal"?

Accepted Answer

To create jobs and help the economy during the Depression.

Question 3

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal program that did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Constructed new parks and national forests.

Question 4

Why did people living in rural SC during the 20s and 30s did not have modern conveniences ?

Accepted Answer

Most rural farmers in South Carolina were too poor.

Question 5

Between 1895 and 1915, an attendance law would do what?

Accepted Answer

take away the textile industry’s source of low-cost, labor

Question 6

As a Progressive, which of the following were parts of Gov. Manning's agenda?,

Accepted Answer

raising minimum wage, improving schools, building highways

Question 7

Which of the following describes way that the state played a major role in the war effort?.

Accepted Answer

South Carolina donated and sold land to build military bases

Question 8

Which of these is traditionally given as an underlying cause of World War I?

Accepted Answer

nationalism

Question 9

What role did the United States take at the beginning of both World War I and World War II?

Accepted Answer

Claiming neutrality

Question 10

With greater demands for energy in the 1920’s South Carolina began to do what?

Accepted Answer

harness the state’s large river systems for electricity

Question 11

Which of the following helped end the Great Depression once and for all?

Accepted Answer

World War II

Question 12

In the 1920s, there was a revival of Ku Klux Klan members attacked African Americans by

Accepted Answer

lynching

Question 13

The use of workers in textile mills under the age of 16 brought about changes in what?

Accepted Answer

child labor laws

Question 14

The largest New Deal program in SC provided jobs but also provided power (electricity)

Accepted Answer

Santee Cooper project

Question 15

How did the boll weevil cause so much damage in South Carolina during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

The boll weevil destroyed most of the state's cotton crop

Question 16

During the post-World War I era, why did many workers fear losing their jobs?

Accepted Answer

Many European immigrants were coming to the United States

Question 17

Members of the Progressive Movement in the early 1900s would be most likely to favor this law?

Accepted Answer

A law that creates a minimum wage and a shorter work week.

Question 18

What is a labor union and why was its existence fought in South Carolina?

Accepted Answer

It is an organization who work to improve working conditions

Question 19

Business responded to the demand for products in larger numbers and lower prices through what?

Accepted Answer

mass production

Question 20

Which one during the "1920's" had an impact on the people living near the beaches of S.C.?

Accepted Answer

The growth of the tourism industry

Question 21

A movement began to reform big business, put an end to corrupt government, and help the public

Accepted Answer

Progressive Movement

Question 22

What was one characteristic of the 1930's?

Accepted Answer

low employment

Question 23

Which of these was NOT a reason for African American migration north in the early 1900's?

Accepted Answer

climate

SC History Unit Six

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SC History Unit Six

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