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  1. South Carolina ( / ˌkærəˈlaɪnə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a poo in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the southwest across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast.

    • The Civil War
    • 1876-1966 Segregation & Democratic Dominance
    • Confederate Flag

    South Carolina became the first of eleven states to secede from the union, on December 20, 1860, to protest the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln. It joined the Confederacy. The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter, in Charleston.

    After the Civil War, African-Americans in South Carolina got to vote for some time, but soon black codes were enacted, and white-supremacist groups like the KKK were reborn, restricting African-Americans from voting. South Carolina thus became a Democratic stronghold. In fact, in 1904, Republican Theodore Roosevelt, who was running for president, w...

    For a long time, South Carolina had the Confederate flag hanging over its capital. This is no longer the case.

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  3. South Carolina was one of the Thirteen Colonies that first formed the United States. European exploration of the area began in April 1540 with the Hernando de Soto expedition, which unwittingly introduced diseases that decimated the local Native American population. [1]

  4. Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in South Carolina. [7] . The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County.

  5. South Carolina – state in the Southeastern United States on the Atlantic coast. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was the first of the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution.

  6. History of South Carolina. Timeline. State of South Carolina. United States portal. v. t. e. This is a bibliography of South Carolina history. It contains English language (including translations) books and mainstream academic journal articles published after World War II. Inclusion criteria.

  7. www.wikiwand.com › simple › South_CarolinaSouth Carolina - Wikiwand

    South Carolina is a state in the southeast United States. Its capital city is Columbia which with 137,300 people is the largest city in South Carolina by population. The population of the state is about 5.2 million people, ranked 23rd in the United States.

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