Since the end of Reconstruction, South Carolina had been regarded as the heart of the "Solid South," where only the Democratic Party elected officeholders on either the state or national level. The success of Dwight D. Eisenhower in South Carolina, in rallying "Democrats for Eisenhower" to a Republican presidential candidate, and the emergence of widespread dissatisfaction with policies of the national Democratic Party, led to a slow resurgence of the Republican Party in South Carolina. By 1960, Democrats in Richland County were worried enough to appeal to voters to continue their loyalty to the "single-party" system that had dominated South Carolina for so long.
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Standards
- This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into military and economic policies during World War II, to include the significance of military bases in South Carolina. This indicator was also developed to foster inquiry into postwar economic developments and demographic changes, to include the immigration of Jewish refugees following the Holocaust.
- This indicator was designed to foster inquiry into the changes in South Carolina’s political party platforms resulting from the Civil Rights Movement, from Elmore v. Rice to the national Democratic Party’s support of civil rights to Nixon&...
- This indicator was designed to foster inquiry into the role of South Carolina in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, to include the influence of court cases such as Briggs v. Elliot and Flemming v. South Carolina Electric and Gas. This indicator was als...
