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Academic Challenge 43-60
Prepare for our third A.C. test.
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History
3rd Grade
11/02/2009

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Name two services provided by the government
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fire and police protection
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Whos is the leader of S.C.'s state government?
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Governor Mark Sanford
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Three Revolutionary War heros who led S.C. in the Midlands and Upcountry
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Thomas Sumter, Francis Marion, and Andrew Pickens
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What was Francis Marion's nickname?
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The Swamp Fox
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Colonist that remained loyal to England during the Revolutionary War were called?
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tories or loyalists
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Where was SC's first capital?
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Charleston
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Whrere is the captial of SC now?
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Columbia
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Two money crops of the Low Country before the Revolution were:
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rice and indigo
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I am a teenager that first got indigo to grow in S.C.
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Eliza Lucas
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What is a money crop that grew all over the state after the Revolution?
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cotton
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Who invented the cotton gin, which separated the cotton fibers from the seeds
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Eli Whitney
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In what war did the northern states and southern states fight about slavery?
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The Civil War
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What is the name of the new country that the south formed when they were afraid that Abraham Lincoln would end slavery?
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The Confederate States of America
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How did the Revolution change S.C.?
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S.C. became independent from England and set up it's own government.
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How did the Civil War change S.C.?
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Many places were destroyed, many died, and slaves became free.
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What were people called that farmed some one else's land?
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sharecroppers
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After the Civil War what businessess started to use the cotton being grown?
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textiles
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In the 1930's businesses failed, people lost their jobs, people couldn't buy goods, and prices fell. What is this called?
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The Great Depression
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