History of South Carolina

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    I taught my lesson first thing in the morning after the students had entered the classroom and watched the morning announcements. While the students were seated at their desks, I asked them to get their South Carolina textbook and journal. Once the students had their materials ready I called them by their tables to sit on the carpet. I then asked the students to turn to page 160 in their textbooks. Next I talked with the class about what we just finished learning about in our last social studies unit. I then told the studies that we were now going to start studying the antebellum period in South Carolina. Some of the students had previously saw the word antebellum on the bored and they had asked what it meant so I broke the word down and explained…

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    South Carolina By: Soham Kate Introduction Did you know that there is much to learn about South Carolina? Such as a Native American tribe, prominent figures, services, tourism, etc. Santee Did you know that there is a lot to learn about the Santee tribe? Like how they lived, their religion, and their housing such as a longhouse, a tipi, “gabled summer houses, or even conical winter houses covered with mats or skins.” The Santee Indians got their origin name from “iswan’ti”, which means “the…

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    South Carolina Geography

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    South Carolina South Carolina, also known as the Palmetto State, has a history that dates back to the beginning of the country. Its large cities, universities, mountains, and beaches bring visitors every year. Many important people have influenced the state, and even the country. South Carolina is an important state to this nation. South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies, yet its history dates back to 1633. Royal nobles were sent by King Charles I to explore and settle the…

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    The South Carolina Nullification Crisis of 1832 The Nullification Crisis was a major political crisis in 1832 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The concept of nullification was first discussed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, when they created the Doctrine of Nullification in order to oppose the Alien and Sedition acts. Despite the fact that Andrew Jackson was elected for his bravery and leadership in New Orleans during the War of 1812 and because he was in favor of the common…

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    Nullification Crisis in which it was strongly supported by South Carolinian and vice President John Caldwell Calhoun and took place from 1832 to 1833 under the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Influenced heavily by constitutional philosophies such as the tenth amendment in which it states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”and also ideals of former presidents James…

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    2. What do these documents suggest about societal expectation for white elite women’s role? About the roles of servants and slave women? Women of power during colonial times that owned servants/slaves women had some sort of sympathy. In Eliza Lucas Pinckney letter she references to teaching black women on how to read and she plans on teaching the children also. Eliza in a different letter discusses how she is going to assume control of the plantation with or without her father blessing.…

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    state is South Carolina and The reason I picked it was because it is my birth state. South Carolina has many cool things to it like being the golf capital of the world or that the trees cover two-thirds of the land, or even that their most valuable catch is shrimp. South Carolina is filled with interesting facts like being explored by the French, Spanish and English, the first State to leave the Union, and the first battle of the Civil War. South Carolina has many other interesting facts. …

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    John C. Calhoun was (1782 – 1850) was known as the greatest south Carolinian in the united states history. john c. Calhoun was an American stateman he also was a political leader. He was known as the greatest south Carolinian in united states history because of what he accomplished and what he was known for doing. One accomplishments led him to be a part of the court of united states and vice president. He was the first American to ever sever all 3 terms in the united states court of…

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    Ken Burns a renowned documentary film maker uses his years of research and scholarship to give viewers an unbiased version of history through the use of his various primary sources stated throughout him. He discusses the current problems that America is facing today on the issues of race in the following two videos: “Charleston Shooting a Chance to Reexamine History”, and “150 years after the Civil War, America is Not Post Racial”. Despite these videos appearing to be on entirely different…

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    Robert E. Harril Summary

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    was born in Gaffney, South Carolina. In some of his early writings while at Carolina Beach, Robert specified that he was never predestined to become a hermit.His turbulent life began early on when his mother and two of his brothers died of typhoid fever. If this was not tragic enough, his grandfather, who he looked up too, died from a runaway mule. His troubles were made worse when his father remarried. His new stepmother often verbally abused and beat Robert. He often times referred…

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