ABC's of SC

A is for Agriculture

• Agriculture has been a huge part of the growth of South Carolina.

B is for Black Codes

• Black codes were laws put into place to discriminate against African Americans.

C is for Christopher Gadsden

• Christopher Gadsden was a very important historical figure in South Carolina as he led the Sons of Liberty.

D is for Denmark Vesey

• Denmark Vesey played a very important role in SC history as he organized the largest slave revolt known as the Stono Rebellion .

E is for Eutaw Springs

• The battle of Eutaw springs was the last battle fought in the American Revolution

F is for Fort Sumter

• Fort Sumter played a key role in the Civil War.

G is for Gullah

• Gullah was a language spoken by many slaves, it is a mix of English and African dialects.

H is for Hunley

• The Hunley was one of the first submarines to ever sink a ship, it played a key role in the Civil War

I is for Industrialization

• South Carolina became industrialized during the industrial revolution when many factories were being built.

J is for Jim Crow Laws

• Jim Crow laws were more laws put into place to restrict blacks from doing many things.

K is for Ku Klux Klan

• The KKK is a very racist that formed to fight the rising of black political power.

L is for Lords Proprietors

• The lords proprietors helped govern South Carolina when it first came about.

M is for Middle Passage

• The middle passage was the route that slaves from Africa took to get to SC.

N is for New Deal

• The New Deal was a plan that Franklin Roosevelt had for the country when he took over as president.

O is for Orangeburg Massacre

• The orangeburg massacre was when many protesters were shot and killed and a bowling alley because they were protesting against segregation.

P is for prohibition

• Prohibition was when the use/sale of alcohol became illegal.

Q is for Quota

• Quota is a fixed number of something.

R is for Reconstruction

• Reconstruction was a time when South Carolina was rebuilding from the revolutionary war.

S is for Segregation

• Segregation was when Blacks and Whites were separated.

T is for Tourism

• Tourism is SC's largest industry.

U is for Union

• The Union fought against the confederates in the civil war.

V is for voting rights act

• The voting rights act allowed all races to vote.

W is for Whitney, Eli

• Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

X is for XYZ affair

• The XYZ affair was a confrontation between USA and France which led to a war called the Quasi war

Y is for Yamassee war

• The Yamassee war was a conflict between the Yamassee tribe and the British.

Z is for Zimmerman telegram

• The Zimmerman telegram was a telegram from Germany to Mexico which was intercepted by America which forced us to enter ww1.