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Students will analyze the characteristics of unlimited and limited governments.
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For over sixty years, Lottie Gibson fought for Greenville County’s poor and disadvantaged. As a life member of the NAACP’s Greenville Branch, Gibson was an outspoken civil rights activist. As a youth...
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The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum 's mission is to collect and preserve the military history of this state. When visitors enter Columbia's oldest museum, they will uncover...
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The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant...
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The Woodrow Wilson House in Columbia is the only museum in the nation dedicated to telling the story of Reconstruction. Reconstruction - the period after the end of the Civil War - remains one of the...
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Mann-Simons Partial Family Tree Mann-Simons Family Portraits Case of Excavated Artifacts, Including A Rubber "Bouncy" Ball Photograph of John Lucius Simons, Sr.'s Sons: John Lucius Simons, Jr. (Left)...
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The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years, traces the journey of Columbia’s African American community from enslavement through urban renewal...
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Glossary Abandon – leave place because of danger; leave somebody behind Career – long-term or lifelong job Communist – a supporter of Communism or a member of an organization that supports or...
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Vocabulary Boarding House – A house that provides food and lodging Commemorate – to honor the memory of Doubting Thomas – one who is habitually doubtful Fret – to cause to be uneasy Hankering – to...
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Vocabulary Abandoned – leave somebody behind Campaign – vote seeking activities Candidate – someone who is being considered for a political office Confidential – private or secret Decades – groups of...