Name_________________________Date_____Period_____
Test: South Carolina in the Early 19th and 20th Centuries
Directions: Choose the best answer for each question. Write the letter of the answer on the
line.
_____ 1. Which event brought an end to the progressive movement? (8-5.8)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Spanish-American War
American Revolution
World War I
Civil War
_____ 2. Which statement below best describes economic conditions in South Carolina prior
to World War I? (8-6.1)
A. Agricultural and textile was declining.
B. Blacks and women were able to find well-paying jobs.
C. National guard training facilities were all over North Carolina.
D. There was a growing number of industrial jobs for many people.
Use the following graph to answer question 3.
·Camp Jackson
· Camp Sevier
· Camp Wordsworth
· Charleston Navy Yard
· Parris Island
______ 3. What was the purpose of these South Carolina facilities? (8-6.1)
A. They were military bases newly built to train soldiers for World War I
B. They were all used to house German prisoners of war during World War I
C. They were all used as treatment facilities during the flu epidemic of 1918
D. They were all built because of President Wilson's visit to South Carolina in 1914
_____ 4. How did South Carolina economically benefit from WWI? (8-6.1)
A.
B.
C.
D.
New
New
New
New
hospitals were built and the school system grew.
schools were built and federal income taxes increased.
churches were built and the farm economy decreased.
military bases were built and the farm economy increased.
______ 5. How did World War I impact African Americans? (8-6.1)
A) It led to the end of segregation.
C) Blacks were united in support of the war.
B) It accelerated the Great Migration.
D) Blacks were denied entry into the military.
The years 1917 and 1918 were the only significantly profitable years for South
Carolina textile mills in the early 20th century. Stock prices in those corporations
nearly tripled, new mills opened throughout the state, and total production increased
nearly 300%.
_____ 6. What situation would BEST explain the reason for South Carolina's increased textile
productivity in this time period? (8-6.1)
A)
Americans boycotted
imported textile products
the boll weevil became
B) extinct
due to pesticides
C)
the demand for clothing increased due to the
U.S.'s involvement in World War I
D)
industrialization was just starting to affect
South Carolina's agriculture businesses
_____ 7. During World War I, what role did women play in the United States? (8-6.1)
A)
Thousands were drafted
into the military.
C)
They became heavily involved in the antiwar
movement.
B)
They became unified to win
the right of suffrage.
D)
They often took the jobs vacated by men who
were off fighting in the war.
_____ 8. What effect did the migration of soldiers and African Americans to the North
following WWI have on the economy of SC? (8-6.2)
A. The cotton industry maintained a balance.
B. The rice industry failed, which led to the closing of banks and farms.
C. The cotton industry failed, which led to the closing of banks and farms.
D. The rice and cotton industry failed, which led to closing of banks and farms.
______9. Which statement describes the women’s suffrage movement in South Carolina after
World War I? (8-6.2)
A. Women already had the right to vote.
B. Women did not want the right to vote.
C. Women got the right to vote in 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment was
ratified by other states.
D. Women got the right to vote in South Carolina before the passing of the Nineteenth
Amendment.
_____ 10. Which of the following was not a post World War I improvement in South Carolina?
(8-6.3)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rural electricity
Suburbs grew
Sanitation system
Civil rights for African American
_____ 11. Which describes the change in urban life after World War I? (8-6.3)
A. Urban areas became less populated.
B. Farms boomed with rice and cotton sales.
C. Women were no longer allowed to work in textile mills.
D. Urban life experience social changes as a result of new technologies .
____ 12. Why is the Harlem Renaissance of major importance in American History? (8-6.2)
A)
The government finally passed a
law banning slavery.
C)
It finally gave much-needed jobs to AfricanAmericans during the Great Migration.
B)
The area of New York was rebuilt
after a devastating fire.
D)
It brought the African-American experience
into the cultural conscious of the country.
_____ 13. All of the following were authors who contributed to the celebration of South
Carolina’s heritage during the Southern Literary Renaissance EXCEPT: (8-6.2)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Julia Peterkin, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Literature
DuBose Heyward, who wrote Porgy
Zora Neale Hurston an African American women
Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jung
_____ 14. What effect did Prohibition have on South Carolina? (8-6.2)
A. It created an underground economy for alcohol.
B. Everyone stopped drinking alcohol.
C. Nobody stopped drinking alcohol.
D. People had to leave the state to purchase alcohol.
_____ 15. What was one reason that the Ku Klux Klan had a rebirth during the 1920s? (86.2)
A. As the economy got better, more people began to support the KKK.
B. The Ku Klux Klan became a popular political party in the country.
C. The movie, The Birth of a Nation, aroused racist feelings against African
Americans and immigrants throughout the country..
D. They got support from other countries who planned to overthrow the nation
and send African Americans and immigrants back to their home countries.
_____ 16. Radio stations and other forms of mass media benefited South Carolina because it
(8-6.2)
A. Carried news and entertainment across the state and country
B. Led to the end of segregation in the state and the country
C. Increased the number of soldiers in the state and the country
D. Kept young men from leaving the state and the country
_____ 17. Overproduction in industry and agriculture, war debts, and the stock market crash
were all causes of (8-6.3)
A) World War II.
C) The Great Depression.
B) The Dust Bowl.
D) The Smoot Hawley Tariff.
_____ 18. Which of these describes one of the impacts the boll weevil had on the American
south in the early 20th century? (8-6.3)
A)
Textile industries suffered due to a
lack of raw resources
B) Many tobacco farmers went bankrupt
C)
Chemical industries in the south saw
enormous profits
D)
Many cattle ranchers lost their entire
herds
_____ 19. Farmers who lost their land were likely to do which of the following? (8-6.3)
A)
Become sharecroppers.
C) Search for work in textile mills in SC
B)
Search for work in factories of the north.
D) All of the above
_____ 20. What was the purpose of the ‘speed up’ and ‘stretch out’ methods? (8-6.3)
A)
B)
Increase profits.
Create safer working environments.
C)
D)
Reduce prices of textiles.
All of the above.
____ 21. What did the boll weevil do in South Carolina during the 1920s? (8-6.3)
A. It helped build a larger cotton crop.
B. It destroyed nearly half of the cotton crop.
C. It destroyed nearly half of the tobacco crop.
D. It created jobs for people working in the weevil fields.
______ 22. During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created a series of
government programs called the
(8-6.4)
A. Great Migration
B. Social Security Act
C. New Democracy
D. New Deal
_____ 23. What impact did the above program have on South Carolina? (8-6.4)
A. It projects were funded by the state.
B. It denied Blacks and immigrants to participate
C. It provided employment and education for many people.
D. It caused the economy in the state to continue to decline.
_____ 24. Which worked on such projects as dam building, land clearing, and national park
improvement? (8-6.4)
A. AAA
B. CCC
C. FERA
D. NIRA
_____ 25. Which improvement for farmers was a direct result of the REA (Rural Electrification
Authority)? (8-6.4)
A. Improved housing
B. Larger farm tractors
C. Electricity for SC farmers
D. Better transportation systems
_____ 26. In 1935, the elderly, physically disabled, and orphans began receiving government
benefits following the passage of the
(8-6.4)
A. Welfare Act.
B. Medicare Act.
C. Medicaid Act.
D. Social Security Act
____ 27. Which of these programs helped South Carolinians find jobs in the 1930s by building
highways, airports, bridges, and playgrounds as well as hospitals and schools. Writers and
Artists were also employed. (8-6.4)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rural Electrification Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Selective Service Administration
______ 28. Franklin D. Roosevelt sought advice from what two South Carolinians? (8-6.4)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wade Hampton and Ben Tillman
John C. Cahoun and Francis Marion
James Byrnes and Sojourner Truth
James Byrnes and Mary McLeod Bethune
_______ 29. The Santee Cooper electricity project was the largest New Deal project in
South Carolina that provided hydroelectric dams to rural regions. What two lakes were
created by building dams on Santee and Cooper Rives? (8-6.4)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lake
Lake
Lake
Lake
Santee and Lake Cooper
Moultrie and Lake Marion
Keowee and Lake Hartwell
Murray and Lake Wateree
_____ 30. Which best describes the event that ended the Great Depression? (8-6.4)
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Cold War
The New Deal
World War II
The Progressive Movement
_______31. Which best describes the connection the Doolittle Raiders had with South
Carolina? (8-6.5)
A.
B.
C.
D.
James Doolittle is a South Carolinian.
The bombers were built in South Carolina.
Most of the pilots were trained in Columbia.
A group of bomber pilots under the leadership of James Doolittle trained in Columbia.
______ 32. The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of pilots who flew bomber escort
missions for the United States during WWII. What was so significant about these pilots? (86.5)
A. They were the most successful combat pilots in military history
B. They were the first group of female pilots allowed to serve in
combat
C. They were the first African American pilots to serve in war
which open the doorway for other African Americans to serve.
D. They were the worst disaster in aviation history. Every
member of the group was shot down by enemy aircraft during
the European campaign
_______ 33. Why were many South Carolinians not fit for service in the armed forces
during WWII? (8-6.5)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Because
Because
Because
Because
war.
of a small pox epidemic
of the men were either illiterate or in poor health.
farms and mills were shorthanded therefore the men had to stay at home
South Carolina’s leaders repealed the draft and would not participate in the
______ 34. The graph shows the improvement of the US economy towards the end of the
1930s. Which of the following is responsible for the end of the Great Depression? (8-6.4)
A. The government used tax money to give people back their savings they lost
when banks failed.
B. America’s economy began to recover naturally, without help from the
government.
C. The beginning of WWII led to job opportunities, and increased government
spending.
D. New Deal programs passed at the end of the 1930s eliminated unemployment
and led to the end of the Depression.
________ 35. Why did the United States retaliate against the Japanese? (8-6.5)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Because
Because
Because
Because
of the Zimmerman letters
of the sinking of the Lusitania
of the bombing of Pear Harbor
the U.S. break Japan’s isolation
______ 36. War efforts on the home front in South Carolina involved all of the following
except: (8-6.5)
A. Purchasing war bonds to help pay for the war.
B. rapid expansion of the interstate highway system
C. Collecting scrap metal and rubber for the war effort.
D. Citizens using ration books to limit the amount of food they purchased.
______ 37. What was it called when many African Americans from the south moved north to
big cities? (8-6.5)
A. The Great Exodus
B. The mass leaving
C. The Great Migration
D. The Great integration
_______ 38. Which of the following was as educational improvement brought on by the Cold
War? (8-7.1)
A. The school year was lengthened to 10 months.
B. More colleges were built for African Americans.
C. Technical colleges were built to attract tourists to SC.
D. A 12th year was added to high school in SC
______ 39. What about S.C. attracted northerners? (8-7.1)
A. Mild Climate
B. Horse racing and hunting
C. The wide availability of air conditioning
D. All of the above
______ 40. How did the Cold War impact the economy of the U.S. and S.C.? (8-7.1)
a.
b.
c.
d.
It had no impact.
Thousands were drafted into the military.
S.C. could no longer grow tobacco due to the war.
Military base spending produced industries that provided jobs.
______ 41. Which of the following helped people move from rural areas to the suburbs after
the War? (8-7.1)
A.
B.
C.
D.
The
The
The
The
building of hospitals
building of new highways.
development of new farmland.
greater use of airplanes for travel.
______ 42. How did tourism benefit South Carolina’s economy during the 1950s and 1960s?
(8-7.1)
A. Tourists were buying new cars when they arrived to replace theirs with high mileage.
B. Tourists made many stops along the interstate at fast food restaurants and motels.
C. The state hired citizens to build new highways for tourists to travel on.
D. Homeowners were persuaded to buy new air conditioning units so they could rent to
tourists.
________ 43. Which of the following situations contributed to significant economic growth
immediately following World War II? (8-7.1)
A. GI bill benefits allowing returning soldiers to get an education and start new
businesses.
B. An increased reliance on foreign goods returning GI’s had grown familiar with while
serving in Europe and Asia.
C. A drop in the birth rate as families decided not to bring children into a war torn
world.
D. A series of excellent growing seasons and the development of new pesticides and
fertilizers that increased the cotton yields for small farmers.
_______ 44. Which of these was built in the early 1950s to make plutonium for nuclear
weapons? (8-7.1)
A.
B.
C.
D.
The
The
The
The
Port of Charleston
Savannah River Site
company BMW
South Carolina Development Board