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This indicator was designed to foster inquiry into the changes in South Carolina's political party platforms resulting fro the Civil Rights Movement, from Elmore v. Rice to the national Democratic Party's support of civil rights to Nixon's Southern Strategy. This indicator also supports inquiry in the effect on South Carolina's political party platforms resulting from the emergence of the national Republican Party's positions on foreign policy, limited government, and free trade policies.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Content Type
The Solid South Shifts

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  • 8
The Solid South Shifts

Students will research and describe the events and historical figures that were integral to the Solid South’s shift from supporting the Democratic Party to supporting the Republican Party. Students...