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Chapter 15 Racial, Economic, and Political Change



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The National Guard was called to end violence at Clemson University over the admission of its first black student.
 

 2. 

South Carolina integrated its schools in 1956 to be in compliance with Brown v. Education.
 

 3. 

The twenty-fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished the use of the literacy test as a condition for voting.
 

 4. 

The number of South Carolina workers employed by foreign countries has increased consistently since 1970.
 

 5. 

In 2012, over half of the electricity used in South Carolina is generated from coal.
 

 6. 

The Orangeburg Massacre resulted from protests at a bowling alley.
 

 7. 

The campaign of 1970 was the last time race was a major issue in South Carolina.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 8. 

The decade of the 1960s opened with a civil rights march to protest the treatment of Jackie Robinson, a baseball hero, when he entered
a.
a restaurant.
b.
a gymnasium.
c.
a public park.
d.
a waiting area in an airport.
 

 9. 

In what state was the first sit-in held?
a.
Alabama
b.
Georgia
c.
North Carolina
d.
South Carolina
 
 
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 10. 

What is the subject of the political cartoon?
a.
discrimination
b.
the Ku Klux Klan
c.
segregation
d.
voting rights
 

 11. 

What title best represents the subject of the cartoon?
a.
Change is a Long, Slow Process.
b.
Education Opens the Door to the Mind
c.
Students Take Early Steps to Graduation
d.
Learning Doesn’t End at the Schoolhouse Door
 

 12. 

What Supreme Court case ordered states to establish unitary, integrated school systems?
a.
Brown v. Board of Education
b.
Edwards v. South Carolina
c.
Green v. New Kent County
d.
Plessy v. Ferguson
 

 13. 

In what industry are most workers in South Carolina employed today?
a.
Technology
b.
Textiles
c.
Tourism
d.
Transportation
 

 14. 

What product makes up one-third of the income of South Carolina’s farmers?
a.
Boilers
b.
Cotton
c.
Peaches
d.
Hay
 

 15. 

Which principle is NOT part of the southern strategy devised by Barry Goldwater?
a.
promise more states’ rights
b.
promote fewer social welfare programs
c.
continue to promote a strong national defense
d.
promote government aid for the unemployed and needy
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 16. 

________________ means to be on property without permission.
 

 

 17. 

A _________________ is a protest where people enter a public facility and refuse to leave until they are served.
 

 

 18. 

When legislative representatives are rearranged to meet population changes, the process is known as _______________________.
 

 

 19. 

The movement of population from rural counties to cities is called ____________________.
 

 

 20. 

The voyages through the South by integrated groups to end segregation on Greyhound and Trailway busses and in bus terminals were called _____________________________.
 

 



 
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