This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the former planter class, African Americans, women, and others adjusted to, gained, lost, and/or regained position and status during Reconstruction. This indicator was also written to foster inquiry into how South Carolina worked with a stronger federal government and expanding international markets.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History
   - Episode 19 The Era of the Populist | Conversations on SC History 15

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The Era of the Populist | Conversations on SC History
Episode 15
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Era of the Populist is discussed in four lessons: Election of General Wade Hampton Depravation Two Separate...
SC Economy | Palmetto Special Industrialization | Palmetto Special

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Industrialization | Palmetto Special
The lesson begins at the Wilson Tennis Ball factory in Fountain Inn. Here we see a montage in the process of making tennis balls The host then mentions that there are many other products made in the...
SC Economy | Palmetto Special Industrialization

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Industrialization
A dramatic scene follows with William Gregg discussing the virtues of a diversified economy in South Carolina with friends of his. Then he happens upon a young man playing hooky at a pond near the...
 James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

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James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a medical doctor and surgeon who became known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Sims was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, and practiced in Montgomery, Alabama...
 Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited

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Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited
Charleston, South Carolina, is a city rich in African American culture. Sullivan’s Island, once an entry port from Africa for the slave trade, was considered the gateway to the United States. The...
Mary McLeod Bethune - Classroom Resources | Idella Bodie S.C. Women Attending Seminary  | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 3

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Attending Seminary | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 3 - Attending Seminary Mary receives a scholarship to attend seminary in Concord, North Carolina. She receives her own room at the top of the stairs. She struggles at first...
 Mary's Early Life | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 1

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Mary's Early Life | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 1 - Mary's Early Life The beginning of the Mary McLeod Bethune story. Mary was a sharecropper’s daughter, one of seventeen children, who from a young age had a desire and...
 Opens Her First School | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 4

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Opens Her First School | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 4 - Opens Her First School Unable to find a position as an African American, she returns to Maysville with her husband Albertus, a fellow teacher. They find a schoolhouse in...