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S.C. History - Historic People
Test Description: Historic People from S.C. History
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1) Which crop did Eliza Lucas Pinckney make extremely valuable to S.C.?
A
Naval stores
B
Indigo
C
Rice
D
Cotton
2) Who was elected as S.C.'s governor, which ended Reconstruction because he redeemed the government from the Republican party?
A
Wade Hampton III
B
Ben Tillman
C
John C. Calhoun
D
Strom Thurmond
3) How were Arthur Middleton, Thomas Lynch Jr., Thomas Heyward Jr. and Edward Rutledge all related?
A
They were Partisan leaders during the American Revolution.
B
They signed the U.S. Constitution.
C
They were members of the Articles of Confederation.
D
They signed the Declaration of Independence.
4) Who led the Union army through the South and SC, using the method of total war to force the South to surrender during the Civil War?
A
John Brown
B
Wade Hampton III
C
William Sherman
D
Denmark Vesey
5) Who tried to lead an unsuccessful slave revolt in Charleston after buying his own freedom from slavery?
A
John Brown
B
Denmark Vesey
C
Robert Smalls
D
Nat Turner
6) The people who favored passing the U.S. Constitution were known as
A
Abolitionists
B
Democratic-Republicans
C
Anti-federalists
D
Federalists
7) Who was a long standing senator in SC that joined the Dixiecrat party, wrote the Southern Manifesto and eventually switched to the Republican Party?
A
James Byrnes
B
Ben Tillman
C
Strom Thurmond
D
John C. Calhoun
8) Who helped get the New Deal passed through Congress and helped guide the Lend Lease Plan?
A
Matthew Perry
B
James Byrnes
C
Strom Thurmond
D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
9) How were William Harden, Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion, and Thomas Sumter all related?
A
They were Partisan leaders during the American Revolution.
B
They were leaders during the Civil Rights Movement.
C
They signed the Declaration of Independence.
D
They signed the U.S. Constitution.
10) What impact did the 54th Massachusetts Unit have on SC during the Civil War?
A
They were able to take over Port Royal and used this place to launch attacks on Charleston.
B
They led the Union charge on Fort Wagner.
C
They freed the slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation.
D
They were instrumental in Sherman's March to the Sea.
11) Who was elected Governor of SC with the support of small farmers and blaming Conservatives for their problems?
A
John C. Calhoun
B
Strom Thurmond
C
James Byrnes
D
Ben Tillman
12) How are John Brown and the Grimke sisters similar?
A
All wanted SC to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln.
B
All played an active role in the Civil Rights Movement.
C
All were outspoken abolitionists.
D
All were outspoken about their beliefs in states rights.
13) Who was the first graduate of the new law school at SC State to pass the bar exam, became a civil rights lawyer and then served as SC's first African American federal judge?
A
Modjeska Simkins
B
Mary McLeod Bethune
C
Septima Poinsette Clark
D
Matthew Perry
14) Who trained bomber pilots in SC that eventually launched air attacks on Tokyo during World War II?
A
James Brown
B
James Tuskegee
C
James Doolittle
D
James Byrnes
15) Who was an African American educator, Civil Rights leader and a member of FDR's unofficial Black Cabinet?
A
Modjeska Simkins
B
Matthew Perry
C
Septima Poinsette Clark
D
Mary McLeod Bethune
16) Who was a part of the Southern Literary Renaissance and wrote Porgy?
A
Julia Peterkin
B
Langston Hughes
C
DuBose Heyward
D
William H. Johnson
17) Who was an artist from SC that splashed their canvases with vibrant color that captured the dance halls, jazz bands and the emotions of the Harlem Renaissance?
A
William H. Johnson
B
Julia Peterkin
C
DuBose Heyward
D
Langston Hughes
18) How did John C. Calhoun show his displeasure with the protective tariffs?
A
He was outspoken about states rights and was voted governor.
B
He helped pass the Sedition Act, which repealed the tax.
C
He resigned as Vice President.
D
He wrote the Southern Manisfesto.
19) During Reconstruction, who decided to split up the South into 5 military districts?
A
President Lincoln
B
President Johnson
C
The Democrats
D
The Radical Republicans
20) After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, the book Uncle Tom's Cabin was released detailing the lives of slaves. Who wrote this book?
A
Harriet Beecher Stowe
B
Sarah Grimke
C
Eliza Lucas Pinckney
D
William Lloyd Garrison
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