8-5.5 - 8-5.6 Quiz Review

Why did SC not develop as fast as other states during the Industrial revolution?

• Elite wanted economy based on agriculture

• Workers were paid more in the south

• The government supported labor unions

• SC had tough environmental laws

What geographic features were SC textile mills located near?

• Mountains

• Lakes

• Rivers

• Oceans

The majority of people who worked in textile mills were...

• Poor black railroad workers

• Poor white farmers

• Poor black farmers

• Poor white railroad workers

What did textile mill villages NOT provide the workers?

• Company stores

• Schools

• Churches

• Labor Unions

How did Governor Tillman help mill workers in order to get more votes?

• 40 Hour Work week

• Retirement benefits

• Costco memberships

• 66 hour work week

How did SC lure northern mills to the south?

• Low pay and no labor unions

• high pay and labor unions

• low pay and labor unions

• good weather and beaches

Phosphates were used for __________ and the industry in SC was ruined by ____________

• Food preserves, boll weevil

• railroads, tornadoes

• fertilizer, hurricane

• textile mills, earthquake

According to the crop lien law, who had first claim on a farmer's crop?

• creditors

• farmers

• railroads

• government

How did oversupply of farm goods impact the prices of food?

• food was given away for free

• prices stayed the same

• prices went up

• prices went down

What problems did farmers face during this time?

• boll weevils and army worms

• drought

• bank foreclosures & failure to pay taxes

• All of the these