8-7

• 8-7.1• 8-7.2• 8-7.3• 8-7.4

8-7.1 Compare the social and economic impact of World War II and the Cold War on South Carolina with its impact on the rest of the United States,

including the increases in the birth rate; the emergence of the consumer culture; the expanding

suburbanization, highway construction, tourism and economic development; the continuing

growth of military bases and nuclear power facilities; and the increases in educational

opportunities.

1950’s

Key Vocabulary

• Cold War• Technical Colleges• Education Improvement Act• Tourism• Resorts• Savannah River Nuclear Plant• Myrtle Beach Air Force Base• Charleston Naval Shipyard• Shaw Air Force Base

• South Carolina’s response to national crises during the first half of the twentieth century brought it back into full participation in the national experience.

• This site has photographs / primary sources from the different military bases that were revitalized during and after WWII and does a good job of mentioning SPECIFIC bases that are in the indicators. (Fort Jackson, Parris Island, etc.)

• http://www.teachingushistory.org-/lessons/

pdfs_and_docs/documents-/TheHistoricalandEconomicImpactof-MilitaryBasesinSouthCarolina.html

The Civil Rights Movement in SC

• 8-7.2 Analyze the movement for civil rights in South Carolina, including the impact of the landmark court cases Elmore v. Rice and Briggs v. Elliot; civil rights leaders Septima Poinsette Clark, Modjeska Monteith Simkins, and Matthew J. Perry; the South Carolina school

• equalization effort and other resistance to school integration; peaceful efforts to integrate beginning with colleges and demonstrations in South Carolina such as the Friendship Nine and the Orangeburg Massacre.

• South Carolina’s response to national crises during the first half of the twentieth century brought it back into full participation in the national experience.

Key vocabulary

• Jim Crow Laws• NAACP• Congress of Racial Equality• National Association of Colored Women• Civil Rights Movement• Double V Campaign• Briggs v Elliot• Brown v Board of Education • Elmore v Rice

Key vocabulary

• Southern Manifesto• White Flight• Montgomery Bus Boycott• Sit-in• Friendship Nine• Jail, no bail• Orangeburg Massacre• Voting Rights Act of 1964• Civil Rights Movement of 1965

Key Concepts:

• During the 1960’s national, state, and local organizations sought the recognition of the rights of African American citizens.

• Following WWII, the Civil Rights Movement intensified.

Key Concepts:• Many cases were brought before courts arguing

the rights of African American citizens.

• The US Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of schools but the Southern states chose to follow tradition and refused to follow the law.

• Many whites reacted with widespread violence. Some southern leaders reacted with passive resistance.

Key Concepts:

• Several notable South Carolinians played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement.

• South Carolina’s college students also played a role in the Civil Rights Movement.

• Did the Civil Rights Movement meet African Americans’ goals in South Carolina from 1954 to 1969?

www.sascurriculumpathways.com• Evolution of the Supreme Court

• http://www.streetlaw.org

Twentieth Century Politics

• 8-7.3Explain changing politics in South Carolina, including the role of Strom Thurmond, the shift from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, the increasing political participation of African Americans and women, and the passage of the Education Improvement Act (EIA).

Key Vocabulary:

• Political shift • Strom Thurmond• Democratic Party• Republican Party• Dixiecrats• Filibuster• Education Improvement Act• Education Accountability Act• No Child Left Behind Legislation

Key Concepts:

• The Dixiecrats, a political party formed when Southerners walked out of the Democratic National convention, named South Carolinian Strom Thurmond as their 1948 presidential candidate.

• Strom Thurmond’s position on the Civil Rights Movement caused a shift in his political party affiliation in 1964.

Key Concepts:

• Since 1964, African Americans have had limited political impact in South Carolina.

Key Concepts:

• The Women’s Rights Movement followed the successes of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina. Many women have served in prominent roles in South Carolina’s government.

Key Concepts:

• South Carolina has made inconsistent efforts to improve education and funding is unstable. Wealthy districts flourish while poor districts struggle to provide quality education for all students

activities

• Was Strom Thurmond’s legacy positive or negative?

• Reading Like A Historian – Civil Rights Act of 1964 • http://sheg.stanford.edu/civil-rights-act-1964

• Southern Manifesto - Strom Thurmond• Discussion, Guiding Questions • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt

Contemporary South Carolina

• 8-7.4 Summarize key economic issues in present-day South Carolina, including the decline of the textile industry, the state’s continuing right-to-work status, the changes in agricultural emphasis, the growing globalization and foreign investment, the influx of immigrants and immigrants into the Sunbelt, the increased protection of the environment, the expanding number of cultural offerings, and the changes in tax policy.

Key Concepts:

• Following WWII, many African Americans left South Carolina’s farms for Northern job opportunities.

• Failing small farmers left rural areas and moved to urban areas for job opportunities.

Key Concepts:

• South Carolina’s leaders attracted the investment of foreign investment through expanded seaports, airports, and through the economic planning of a State Development Board.

Key Concepts:

• In the 1940’s, laws to secure South Carolina as a “right to work” state were passed in order to attract industry.

Key Concepts:

• Immigrants and migrant workers have supplied the labor needed in South Carolina’s industries.

• South Carolinians are active participants in the ongoing quest to protect the state’s beaches, natural areas and wildlife.

Key Vocabulary:

• Depopulation• Mechanization• Collateral• State Development Board• Right to Work• globalization• North American Free Trade Act• Sunbelt• Rustbelt• Environmental hazards