8-7 Test

1.

1 point

Why is South Carolina’s geographical area being rapidly transformed from a rural to an urban environment?

Businesses have relocated to South Carolina.

Tourism along the coast has increased.

More new homes being developed.

Universities are bringing in more students.

2.

1 point

What group made up most of the membership of the Dixiecrats?

former Confederates

Republicans

Free Soilers

Southern Democrats

3.

1 point

What type of business was the site of the Orangeburg Massacre?

a movie theater

a restaurant

a bowling alley

a department store

4.

1 point

Why did farm prices fall in the 1950s?

Farmers bought new expensive machinery.

Farmers saw their government subsidies reduced.

Farmers could not sell their products in Europe.

Farmers produced more than they could sell.

5.

1 point

What did blacks and their supporters do to implement economic boycotts against white business owners?

They refused to buy products from the stores.

They conducted marches against the stores.

They asked that the state close the offending businesses.

They took out full-page ads against offending businesses.

6.

1 point

Why are resorts in Hilton Head Island becoming popular?

New businesses are being built and out of state workers are in need of jobs.

Resorts provide an easy way for parents to not have to worry about their teenagers and can live in peace without them.

The Baby Boom generation age is retiring and is looking for places to enjoy their golden years.

Farming is no longer a profitable business so many people are moving to work at resorts.

7.

1 point

The major goal of the civil rights movement of the 1960’s was to

permit unlimited immigration to the U.S.

establish a separate political state for African Americans.

gain a passage of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution.

end segregation based on race.

8.

1 point

Which of the following was NOT done while Strom Thurmond was in office?

Poll tax was repealed.

The state wrote a new Constitution.

School year was extended to 9 months.

Highways and rural roads were paved.

9.

1 point

What does this photograph indicate about the U.S in the 1950s?

Extraordinary steps were taken to hide atomic weapons.

The nation had become the only nuclear superpower.

Much fear was created by the Cold War.

Only government officials would be safe in a nuclear attack.

10.

1 point

After World War II, what type of laws did Congress concentrate on passing?

international alliances

taxes

civil rights

homeland defense

11.

1 point

What was one immediate effect of the Cold War on South Carolina and the nation?

The United States and Germany continued to be bitter enemies.

It was more difficult to obtain goods from foreign countries.

Travel for pleasure was drastically reduced.

Military bases that served World War II stayed open or were reopened.

12.

1 point

What U.S. Supreme Court Case decision integrated all public schools in America?

Roe v. Wade

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Plessy v. Ferguson

Briggs v. Elliot

13.

1 point

The Interstate Highway System in South Carolina, started in the 1950s, was initially built to do what?

Create more business for roadside stores.

Connect all rural towns.

Connect the textile mills around the state.

Provide high-speed roads for easy travel.

14.

1 point

How did South Carolina schools respond to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

Schools fully integrated the following year.

Schools delayed full integration until the 1970’s.

Schools delayed full integration until the 1960’s.

Schools have not fully integrated.

15.

1 point

According to the map, which interstate goes through Rock Hill?

I-95

I-20

I-85

I-77

16.

1 point

The changes in the chart were most directly the result of the

Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

enactment of voting-reform laws by these southern states.

passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

executive branch’s resistance to protecting the civil rights of minorities.

17.

1 point

The changes shown in the chart showing an increase in government spending on defense in the 1950's up until 1990 most reflect what?

effects of the Cold War.

failure of the U.S. military policy.

influence of the business cycle.

reverses in political party control of Congress.

18.

1 point

Lunch counter sit-ins and freedom riders were examples of

violent acts by the Black Panthers.

nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation.

steps taken in support of the Vietnam War.

programs dealing with affirmative action.

19.

1 point

The Savannah River Plant near Aiken was created by the U.S. Federal government to do what?

Provide employment to neighboring communities.

Stimulate the tourist industry.

Supply plutonium for the defense program.

End world conflicts.

20.

1 point

Who are the “baby boomers”?

people born in the early 1960s

people born in the late 1940s and 1950s

people born in the late 1960s and 1970s

people born during World War II

21.

1 point

What is the term for the relationship the U.S. had with the Soviet Union following World War II?

Nuclear War

Baby Boom

Space Race

Cold War

22.

1 point

What was the effect of World War II on migration patterns in South Carolina?

Low-income whites and blacks went to Northern cities for better paying jobs.

More immigrants moved into South Carolina to start a new life in farming.

World War II had no effect on the population of South Carolina.

Low-income whites and blacks headed south for better paying jobs.

23.

1 point

How did the Greensboro, NC sit-ins effect South Carolina?

South Carolina students did not like the idea of peaceful sit-ins so they began riots.

South Carolina students ignored the sit-ins and did nothing..

South Carolina students followed their lead and started sit-ins of their own.

South Carolina students decided to take the law into their own hand and boycotted stores who would not serve them.

24.

1 point

The Briggs v. Elliot case had to do with what?

the charge that black schools were separate and unequal.

the charge that black schools were separate and equal.

the rights of black students to continue attending all black schools.

the rights of black students not to be bussed for the sake of integration.

25.

1 point

Name the controversial South Carolina Senator, who served for 50 years during the 20th century?

James Byrnes

Ben Tillman

John C. Calhoun

Strom Thurmond

26.

1 point

Why did so many businesses relocate to the south in the 1950’s?

Businesses relocated because of special incentives given by southern governments.

Businesses relocated because of higher taxes in the north.

Businesses relocated because of less expensive labor and fewer labor unions.

Businesses relocated due to a slower business pace in the south.

27.

1 point

What did the G.I. Bill do for World War II veterans?

Gave them money to get an education or start a new business.

Gave them equal rights in the judicial system.

Gave them jobs.

Gave them new cars and houses.

28.

1 point

What was a similarity between the Greensboro sit-ins and the Orangeburg Massacre?

Both ended with violence.

Both took part in predominantly white areas.

Both lead to immediate desegregation of white only areas.

Both were peaceful protests led by African American students.

29.

1 point

“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” - Brown v. Board of Education

The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to

establish affirmative action programs in higher education.

force states to spend an equal amount on each public school student.

desegregate the armed forces and the military academies.

require the integration of public schools.

30.

1 point

Using the graph above, where are the majority of South Carolinians employed?

Government

Manufacturing

Leisure and hospitality

Trade, transportation and utilities

31.

1 point

According to the map, which South Carolina city is served by the largest number of interstate highways?

Greenville

Charleston

Laurens

Columbia

32.

1 point

According to the map, which interstate highway goes through Charleston?

I-20

I-95

I-77

I-26

33.

1 point

How has the creation of ports impacted South Carolina’s economy?

They provide recreational opportunities.

They provide security for the state and its people.

They attract tourists to come to South Carolina for deep-sea fishing.

They have attracted businesses from around the world.

34.

1 point

What was the Orangeburg Massacre?

When state officers fired on a group of blacks protesting a segregated bowling alley.

When white students went on a rampage to protest the presence of black students on their campus.

When the National Guard fired on a group of blacks who were taunting them.

When a riot of black gang members took over the Orangeburg County courthouse and were shot by state officers.

35.

1 point

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct

segregation in the armed forces.

unfair immigration quotas.

racial and gender discrimination.

limitations on freedom of speech.

36.

1 point

In what case did the Supreme Court rule that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional?

Plessy v. Ferguson

Briggs v. Elliott

Smith v. Allwright

Brown v. Board of Education

37.

1 point

The federal voting rights laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s were designed to

return control of voting regulations to the states.

extend suffrage to American women.

remove racial barriers to voting.

prevent recent immigrants from voting.

38.

1 point

What events have caused an increased dependence on South Carolina’s training facilities at Fort Jackson, Parris Island, Sumter Air Force Base and the port of Charleston?

First and second Gulf Wars in Iraq

End of the Cold War

Beginning of the Progressive era

Unrest in Africa.

39.

1 point

What did the Civil Rights Movement NOT use in order to get equal rights?

The court system.

Sit-ins.

Mass media.

Armed rebellion.

40.

1 point

What term means that interests of management are more important than those of the workers?

Labor union

Collective bargaining

Strike

Right to work

41.

1 point

What effect did depopulation have on farmers?

Farmers relied more on mechanization to harvest crops.

Farmers were able to make more money due to less competition.

Sharecropping became a valuable way to make money.

There was no effect on farmers.

42.

1 point

What event ended the Great Depression?

The New Deal

World War I

World War II

Baby Boom

43.

1 point

“. . . In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the ‘unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’ It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’ ”. . .
— Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963

The focus of this passage from Dr. King’s speech was his belief that

violence was often necessary for the protection of civil liberties.

civil rights for African Americans would always be a dream.

equal rights for all were guaranteed by the founders of this nation.

Americans had become blind to racial differences.

44.

1 point

Jim Crow laws were challenged by the NAACP. What does the abbreviation NAACP stand for?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National African American Council of People

New African Americans in Corporate Positions

New African Americans in Control of People

45.

1 point

Beautiful beaches, seafood, golf courses and large motel complexes have all contributed to what service industry in South Carolina?

Textile manufacturing

Theme parks

Tourism

Retirement