Post-WWI through Civil Rights Movement
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curtissmith on July 25, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Strom Thurmond | SC governor who supported economic development and helped establish the Savannah River Plant; he went on to serve as a U.S. Senator for 48 years |
| State Development Board | A state organization that is responsible for recruiting (attracting) new businesses to South Carolina |
| right to work | this terms means that workers are not forced to join a labor union; SC is this type of state |
| tourism | this industry developed in the 1920s as automobiles and paved roads became more common; it is now the #1 industry of the state |
| Savannah River Plant | a facility that was built to manufacture nuclear weapons; today it creates nuclear fuel and processes nuclear waste |
| Charleston | businesses are attracted to port cities such as this in order to expand their foreign trade; this is SC's largest port city and once served as the state's capital |
| technical schools | these places provide students with education and skills that are attractive to potential employers/businesses within the state |
| Briggs v. Elliott | A legal case in Clarendon County that asked for equal funding and busing for black and white schools; this case eventually became part of the Brown v. Board of Education case. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | A Supreme Court case that officially brought an end to segregation in public schools |
| segregation | separation of the races |
| Jim Crow | laws that enforced segregation and discrimination against African Americans |
| integration | The inclusion of people of all races on an equal basis into society |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | This law made racial discrimination in the workplace illegal |
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