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Parent topics
United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]- Confederate States of America: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
Subtopics
Principal cities
- Charleston, South Carolina: Oldest major city in the Southeast U.S.. Today a major tourist center, featuring historic architecture, and with a large U.S. Navy presence. [e]
- Columbia, South Carolina: Capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. [e]
Politics and government
State government
U.S. Senate
- Jim DeMint: U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina); Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; speaker at Tea Party Movement march [e]
- Lindsey Graham: U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina); Senate Armed Services Committee; U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary [e]
U.S. House of Representatives
- J.Gresham Barrett: Add brief definition or description
- Henry Brown: U.S. Representative (R-South Carolina), House Committee on Natural Resources: ranking Republican, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans and Subcommitee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands; House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommmittees on, Water Resources, Railroads; House Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health; Co-Chairman of the Port Security Caucus; Congressional Friends of Canada Caucus; Coastal Caucus; Congressional Shellfish Caucus; Republican Study Committee [e]
- James Clyburn: U.S. Representative (D-South Carolina); former U.S. House Majority Whip; on leave from House Appropriations Committee; Congressional Black Caucus; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Congressional Rural Healthcare Coalition. [e]
- Bob Inglis: U.S. Representative (R-South Carolina); House Foreign Affairs Committee; Republican Study Committee [e]
John Spratt: U.S. Representative (D-South Carolina), U.S. House Armed Services Committee [e]- 2nd Congressional District: Add brief definition or description
- Joe Wilson: U.S. Representative (R-South Carolina) for the 2nd Congressional District, U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; U.S. House Armed Services Committee; House Committee on Education and Labor; House Foreign Affairs Committee; Republican Policy Committee; Tea Party caucus; Republican Study Committee; adviser, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation; Assistant Republican Whip; former Congressional staff [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
- Bob Jones University: Fundamentalist Christian college located in Greenville, South Carolina. [e]
- The Citadel: Add brief definition or description
- Barbecue: Cooking technique that involves slow cooking with charcoal or wood fires, sometimes outdoors, but generally in special ovens. [e]
Industry and agriculture
- Cotton: Crop widely used for production of clothing fabric. [e]
- Tobacco: A plant genus of the family solanaceae. Members contain nicotine and other biologically active chemicals; its dried leaves are used for smoking. [e]
Geographical and geological features
- Atlantic Ocean: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
Noteworthy places
- Examples: Hoover Dam
People
South Carolina state history
Associated U.S. states and Canadian provinces
- Georgia (U.S. state): medium-sized, populous state in southeast U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the country's original 13 colonies that rebelled during the civil war (1861-1865). [e]
- North Carolina (U.S. state): A state in the southeastern region of the United States [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
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- American Civil War: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
- American Revolution: (1763-1789) war that resulted in the formation of the U.S., in which 13 North American colonies overthrew British rule. [e]
- Atlantic Coast Conference: A sports conference, with 12 universities, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [e]
Ben Tillman: (1847 - 1918) Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and U.S. Senator, from 1895 until his death; known as the foremost spokesman for white supremacy. [e]- Bermuda: British overseas territory located in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of South Carolina [e]
- Bourbon Democrats: (1876-1904) Conservative or classical liberal Democratic Party members, who supported Grover Cleveland and Alton B. Parker. [e]
- Carpetbagger: American northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction after the American Civil War. [e]
Charles Sumner: Add brief definition or description- Christian Right: A number of contemporary right-wing political movements that are specifically Christian, which advocate socially conservative values in politics and the popular culture [e]
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- U.S. Declaration of Independence: Add brief definition or description
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- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions: Add brief definition or description
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- Peach: Add brief definition or description
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- U.S. Civil War, Origins: Add brief definition or description
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