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Created by Melissa Sutton
Third Grade
2010 – 2011
South Carolina Rebuilds
Chapter Nine
Lesson 1: Life After Reconstruction
New Challenges: Laws were passed that made it
difficult for African Americans to vote. Laws were passed that favored white landowners.
On the Move Railroad transportation
systems grew and goods were shipped from Charleston to New York City.
The invention of the automobile allowed people and goods to move across the state more quickly.
Many African Americans OUTMIGRATED to the North to find factory jobs.
Changes in Industry: By 1910 South Carolina was the leading textile-
producing state.
Mill towns were built to attract workers.
Mill conditions: Dirty and unhealthy; worked 12 hours a day
Some mill towns had no running water or sewers
Mill towns had schools but most children worked
Children as young as eight would work in mills until 1903 when a bill was passed saying that no child under the age of 10 could work in a mill.
http://www.snolabor.org/pages/textile.htm
Lesson 1: Life After Reconstruction
1868 Constitution stated there would be free schools
so many new schools opened, but schools were still separated by race, this is called SEGREGATION.
http://remembersegregation.org/
South Carolinians worked to preserve the state’s cultural treasures and traditions by:
Preserving historic buildings, documents, paintings, and spirituals
Supporting the work of writers, artists, and architects
Constructed buildings for opera, dance, and theater
Lesson 2: Daily Life
Using a Locator Map
A LOCATOR MAP is an inset map, or a small map that shows how a place fits into another place.
Look for TWO things: The big picture
The place on the locator map the has a box, circle, or some kind of shading that sets the area apart
The government passed laws that allowed landowners to
borrow money so they could plant crops.
Laws made it hard for African American men to vote even though they had SUFFRAGE, the right to vote.
Grandfather clause and reading tests
Jim Crow Laws segregated black and white people.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html
DISCRIMINATION is the act of treating one group of people differently than another group.
Farming organizations were created to help struggling farmers.
Lesson 3: New Challenges
South Carolina in the 1900s
Chapter Ten
The Progressive Movement:
Wanted to REFORM, or make better, local communities
Improved schools, built libraries and hospitals, supported community improvements
SUFFRAGISTS, those who work to gain the right to vote, fought to win voting rights for American women
A child labor law was passed that stated children under the age of 14 were not allowed to work in factories, mills, and mines.
Lesson 1: A New Century
World War I: Began in 1914
President Woodrow Wilson wanted the U.S. to remain NEUTRAL, or to not take sides in a war, but once U.S. ships were attacked the U.S. declared war on Germany
Allies: Great Britain, France, and Russia fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey
Army training camps were built in the Midlands and Up Country
54,000 South Carolinians served in the war
The government RATIONED, or limited, the amount of food and fuel each family received.
Demand grew for cotton and textiles
Lesson 1:A New Century
After World War I:
Cotton prices fell; too much was produced
Drought struck
Boll Weevils destroyed cotton crops
The Great Migration:
Large groups of African Americans left South Carolina to find jobs in the North because of discrimination and lack of work
Lesson 1:A New Century
Lesson 2: Boom Times, Hard Times
Roaring Twenties: Economy was booming: People were buying
automobiles, radios, refrigerators, and telephones
Flappers; Charleston - dance
Struggling Farmers: Cotton crops were
destroyed by the boll weevil and droughts
Money borrowed could not be paid back
Lesson 2: Boom Times, Hard Times
The Great Depression:
DEPRESSION means a slow down in business activity that puts many people out of work
Began in 1929; almost one half of U.S. banks failed
Many people lost their jobs and savings
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created programs known as the New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
built roads and state parks, planted trees, and helped to prevent fires
Brought electricity to many regions and improvements to farming
World War II:
Began in 1939
Axis Powers: Germany, Japan, and Italy
Allied Powers: Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union
U.S. tried to stay neutral until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Provided jobs; women went to work
Supplies such as sugar, red meat, shoes, tires, and gasoline were rationed
Recycled metal to make weapons
Lesson 2: Boom Times, Hard Times
African Americans helped in the war effort and
hoped to gain CIVIL RIGHTS, or rights that the U.S. Constitution promises all citizens
Clarendon County parents argued that schools were separate but not equal.
Brown vs. the Board of Education’s ruling
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led many peaceful civil rights marches and demonstrations and made the whole country aware of the struggle.
Lesson 3: Civil Rights
Lesson 3: Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act:
Passed in 1964
Outlawed segregation in schools and other public places
Called for equal rights for all people in the workplace
Voting Rights Act:
Passed in 1965
Outlawed ways to keep African Americans from voting