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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TERMS

Madison Atwater

DIXIECRATS:
the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights.

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ORANGEBURG MASSACRE:
the shooting of protestors by South Carolina Highway Patrol Officers that were demonstrating against racial segregation at a local bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina near South Carolina State University on the evening of February 8, 1968.

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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT:
prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion.

MODERNIZATION:
a progressive transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society.

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MECHANIZATION:
the process of doing work with machinery.

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STROM THURMOND:
an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes.