8-6
WWI
Early 20th Century
South Carolina’s response to national crises during the first
half of the twentieth century brought it back into full
participation in the national experience.
8-6.1
8-6.2
8-6.3
WWI
8-6.1
Explain the reasons for United States
involvement in World War I and the war’s
impact on South Carolina and the nation as a
whole, including the building of new military
bases and the economic impact of emigration to
industrial jobs in the North.
8-6.1 Vocabulary
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Neutrality
The Great War
U-Boat
Lusitania
Sedition Act
8-6.1 Key Concepts
• Various political and economic factors led the
United States into WWI.
• During WWI, many South Carolinians became
more patriotic, volunteered for military
service, and sacrificed for the war.
8-6.1 Key Concepts
• Economically South Carolinians benefitted
from WWI. New military bases were
constructed and farmers and merchants
thrived.
• African Americans felt the discrimination of
Jim Crow more than ever following WWI.
Veterans returned to a racist South Carolina.
Activities
What made economic change inevitable in South Carolina following WWII?
Reading Like a Historian – U.S. Entry Into WWI
http://sheg.stanford.edu/us-entry-wwi
Mapping activity – have students locate and label new bases (Columbia,
Spartanburg, Greenville, Charleston, Parris Island)
http://www.yellowmaps.com/maps/img/US/blankcounty/SouthCarolina_co_lines.jpg
Reading Like A Historian – Sedition
http://sheg.stanford.edu/sedition-wwi
Map w/Discussion – Great Migration
http://www.centerstage.org/marainey/Digital-Dramaturgy/The-GreatMigration/The-Great-Migration-Map.aspx
• What groups are involved in this migration?
• What are some reasons for this migration?
• Into what areas did this group move?
• For what reasons would they have moved there?
8-6.2
Explain the causes and effects of changes in
South Carolina and the nation as a whole in the
1920s, including Prohibition, the destruction
caused by the boll weevil, the rise of mass
media, improvements in daily life, increases in
tourism and recreation, the revival of the Ku
Klux Klan, and the contributions of South
Carolinians to the Harlem Renaissance and the
Southern Literary Renaissance.
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8-6.2 Vocabulary
Prohibition
Bootleggers
Boll Weevil
Mass Media
Tourism
Ku Klux Klan
Birth of a Nation
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz music
Southern Literary Renaissance
Porgy and Bess
8-6.2 key concepts
• The 1920’s brought social and technological
change to the people of South Carolina’s
cities.
• State leaders attempted to boost tourism
along the coast and in historic areas.
8-6.2 key concepts
• Prohibition was a failure in South Carolina and
created an increase in crime and corruption as
well as a conservative backlash.
• Mass media opened the world of radio and
movies to those who could afford it resulting
in nationalization of the culture.
8-6.2 key concepts
• Southern writers such as Peterkin and
Heyward celebrated South Carolina’s heritage
with works that led the Southern Literary
Renaissance.
• South Carolinian William H. Johnson
contributed to the Harlem Renaissance
through his folk art. He eventually settled,
studied, and painted in Paris.
8-6.2 key concepts
• In the 1920’s, the KKK was a national
organization with a strong following rekindled
by the movie, Birth of a Nation.
8-6.2 Activities
Prohibition
Primary Source, Video Clips, etc.
http://sheg.stanford.edu/prohibition
8-6.3
Explain the reasons for depressed
conditions in the textile mills and
on farms in South Carolina and
other regions of the United States
in the 1920s and the impact of
these conditions on the coming of
the Great Depression.
8-6.3 vocabulary
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Boll Weevil
Soil depletion
Foreclosure
“Speed up; stretch out”
overproduction
Great Depression
8-6.3 Key Concepts
• During WWI, South Carolina experienced a
brief prosperity which came to an end due to
overproduction, drought, pests, and soil
depletion.
• Farmers lost their property to the banks and
many moved from the state to seek new job
opportunities.
8-6.3 Activities
Teaching US History – 1920s - Economic Depression in SC
• Primary & Secondary Sources, Background
Information, Guiding Questions, Analyzing Reasons,
etc.
http://www.teachingushistory.org/lessons/The1920sNotRoaringinSouthCarolina.html
• Primary Source – Boll Weevil – South Carolina’s Boll
Weevil Commission
http://www.teachingushistory.org/tTrove/bollweevil.htm
8-6.3 Key Concepts
• The textile industry in New England suffered due
to the introduction of synthetic fibers and
international competition. When these mills
closed and moved south, South Carolina was
attractive due to the availability of cheap labor.
• Mill owners improved mill villages and
overworked their workers. By the end of the
1920’s the textile industry was suffering from
overproduction as well.
8-6.4
• Explain the effects of the Great Depression
and the lasting impact of the New Deal on
people and programs in South Carolina,
including James F. Byrnes and Mary McLeod
Bethune, the Rural Electrification Act, the
general textile strike of 1934, the Civilian
Conservation Corps, the Works Progress
Administration, the Public Works
Administration, the Social Security Act, and
the Santee Cooper electricity project.
8-6.4 vocabulary
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Stock market crash
Great Depression
New Deal
General Textile Strike of 1934
Rural Electrification Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Social Security Administration
Santee Cooper Electricity Project
8-6.4 key concepts
• The Great Depression caused economic
conditions to continue to decline in South
Carolina.
• Feeling the urgency to help the country
through this economic struggle, President
Roosevelt promised the American people a
New Deal that would bring jobs and a
renewed prosperity.
• The New Deal provided jobs through agencies
such as the Public Works Administration,
Works Progress Administration, Civilian
Conservation Corps, Rural Electrification Act,
and the Santee Cooper Electricity Project.
• The New Deal provided old age protection for
the people of South Carolina through the
Social Security Act.
• South Carolinian James F. Byrnes became a
trusted political advisor to President
Roosevelt.
• South Carolina educator and Civil Rights
leader Mary McLeod Bethune became a
consultant to President Roosevelt as a
member of the unofficial “Black Cabinet”.
Activities
Reading Like a Historian
New Deal SAC
http://sheg.stanford.edu/new-deal
Reading Like a Historian Social Security
http://sheg.stanford.edu/social-security
SAS Curriculum Pathways – African Americans and
the New Deal – Interactive Reading / Movie
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com
8-6.5 WWII
• Compare the ramifications of World War II on
South Carolina and the United States as a
whole, including the training of the Doolittle
Raiders and the Tuskegee Airmen, the building
of additional military bases, the rationing and
bond drives, and the return of economic
prosperity.
8-6.5 vocabulary
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World War II
Doolittle Raiders
Tuskegee Airmen
Fort Jackson
Charleston Navy Yard
Lend Lease Plan
8-6.5 key concepts
• Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the
Doolittle Raiders, a group of bomber pilots, were
engaged in a retaliatory attack designed to lift the
American morale.
• In response to WWII, South Carolina’s leaders
expanded military bases, citizen’s sacrificed for
the war effort, and many young men enlisted and
were able to serve but just as many were unable
to serve due to poor health issues.
• Successful servicemen such as the Tuskegee
Airmen, African American bomber pilots,
returned from duty determined to end
segregation.
• WWII brought prosperity to South Carolina
with the growth of jobs and resulting impact
on businesses.
activities
SAS Curriculum Pathways
Segregation in the Military / Tuskegee Airman
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/
Launch?id=208
Lend Lease Act –Discussion Questions
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/fdr-andlend-lease-act#sect-activities