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Table of Contents

Chapter 1            Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places

Section 1          What Makes South Carolina Special?
Section 2          What Draws People to South Carolina?

Special Section  South Carolina Festivals

Chapter 2            The Place We Call Home

Section 1          South Carolina’s Geographic Regions
Section 2          South Carolina’s Waterways
Section 3          South Carolina’s Climate
Section 4          South Carolina’s Flora and Fauna
Section 5          South Carolina’s Tourism Regions

Chapter 3            The First People

Section 1          Early Indian Cultures
Section 2          American Indians in South Carolina

Chapter 4             Exploring and Settling the New World

Section 1           European Explorers and Settlements
Section 2           Settlement of America

Chapter 5             Proprietary Carolina

Section 1          Early Settlement Attempts
Section 2          Growing Pains
Section 3          A Divided Colony

Chapter 6            The Royal Colony of South Carolina

Section 1          South Carolina in the Early 1700s
Section 2          Indian Relations
Section 3          A Changing Colony

Chapter 7            The Road to Independence

Section 1          Politics and Economics
Section 2          Growing Tensions in the Colony
Section 3          The Colonists Unite

Chapter 8            The American Revolution

Section 1          The Road to War
Section 2          The War for Independence
Section 3          South Carolina During the War

Chapter 9            A New State and Nation

Section 1          New Government
Section 2          The New National Government
Section 3          South Carolina Society

Chapter 10            The Rise of Nationalism

Section 1          The Early National Period
Section 2          The War of 1812
Section 3          The Era of Good Feelings

Chapter 11            Sectionalism, States’ Rights, And Democracy

Section 1            Sectionalism
Section 2          States’ Rights and Democracy

Chapter 12            Antebellum South Carolina

Section 1          Slavery in South Carolina
Section 2          Class System and Reform
Section 3          Industry and Railroads

Chapter 13            The Road To War

Section 1          Manifest Destiny
Section 2          Changing Political Parties
Section 3          Politics and Secession

Chapter 14            The Civil War

Section 1          The War Begins
Section 2          Civil War Battles
Section 3          The End of the War
Section 4          Life During the War

Chapter 15            The Rebuilding Years

Section 1          The Freeing of the Slaves
Section 2          Reconstruction in South Carolina
Section 3          Radical Reconstruction
Section 4          The Democrats Return to Power

Chapter 16            Conservatives And Populists

Section 1          An Age of Industry
Section 2          Political Changes
Section 3          A New Era in Agriculture
Section 4          Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Section 5          The Dawn of A New Era

Chapter 17            The Progressive Era

Section 1          The Progressive Movement
Section 2          World War I
Section 3          Prosperity and Poverty

Chapter 18            The Great Depression And World War II

Section 1          The Great Depression
Section 2          The New Deal
Section 3          World War II

Chapter 19            The Postwar Period

Section 1          The Cold War
Section 2          A Period of Prosperity
Section 3          Postwar Politics
Section 4          A State on the Move

Chapter 20            Decades Of Change

Section 1          A New Decade
Section 2          The Youth Revolt
Section 3          National Politics During the 1970s
Section 4          Politics in South Carolina

Chapter 21            The 1980s to the Present

Section 1          Politics
Section 2          The State in Transition
Section 3          Facing New Challenges

Chapter 22            South Carolina Government

Section 1          State Government
Section 2          Local Government and Citizenship

Appendix I            South Carolina Vital Statistics

Appendix II           South Carolina Symbols

Appendix III          South Carolina Counties

Appendix IV          South Carolina Governors

Appendix V           South Carolina Colleges and Universities

Appendix VI          Atlas of South Carolina

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgments