What was the effect of the boll weevil in South Carolina?
It ate up many of the wooden textile mill buildings.
It bit many children and caused an outbreak of disease.
It invaded markets and shipping trains and destroyed food supplies.
It invaded the cotton field and hurt the cotton economy.
2. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What effect did South Carolina's railroads have on agriculture?
they helped farmers ship their goods
people liked to ride trains for fun
they provided a way for people to get to beaches
people were tired of riding horse everywhere
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which group of people had fewer rights under segregation laws in the South following Reconstruction?
Asian Americans
African Americans
Mexican Americans
White Americans
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What laws separated blacks from white after Reconstruction?
Equality Code
Fugitive Slave
Jim Crow
Slave Codes
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What industry grew rapidly in South Carolina after the Civil War?
textile
weapon
food
cotton
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How was the right to vote taken away from African Americans in the late 1800s?
They had to own property.
They had to pass a literacy test.
They had to have a picture ID card,
They had to have been born in the county.
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Why were white men who could not read allowed to vote?
They owned property.
Their grandfathers had voted.
They were veterans of the Civil War.
They were granted the right by the 19th amendment.
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what type of transportation helped the textile industry to grow by carrying fabric and thread to places across the country?
automobile
buggy
railroad
ships
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What even caused the growth of the textile mills in South Carolina?
Great Depression
Roaring Twenties
Jim Crow laws
World War I
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Why were the textile mills built around fast flowing rivers?
The rivers were used to ship the textiles to other cities.
Cotton was washed in the rivers before it en.tered the mills
Rivers provided hydroelectric power to the mills.
Mill workers used rivers to bathe in and drink.
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The boll weevil destroyed cotton crops. Did this cause the textile industry to rise or fall?
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12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Why did many forms of technology and inventions not have a big impact on SC?
Many people in SC could not afford them or could not get service where they lived.
The state government passed laws that did not allow people to use new inventions.
Most people did not want the new inventions or feel they weere necessary.
There was no electricity in SC.
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Soldiers needed uniforms during World War 1. Did this cause the textile industry to rise or fall?
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Fall
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
More people started buying man-made textiles. Did this cause the textile industry to rise or fall?
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Fall
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Many people lost money and were out of work during the Great Depression. Did this cause the textile industry to rise or fall?
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Fall
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Soldiers needed uniforms during World War 2. Did this cause the textile industry to rise or fall?
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Fall
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What places were segregated in SC in the early 20th century?