Question

How did South Carolina's economy change from the late 1800s to the 1920s? Choose three correct answers.
The ship building industry began to grow rapidly in 1900.
The timber industry provided a larger share of the state's economy in the late 1890s.
The agriculture industry began to recover in the early twentieth century.
The textile industry became a larger part of the state's economy during World War I.
The manufacture of steel became more important to the state's economy after World War I.

Answer 1

Correct choices:
- The timber industry provided a larger share of the state's economy in the late 1890s.
- The agriculture industry began to recover in the early twentieth century.
- The textile industry became a larger part of the state's economy during World War I.

Brief explanation: After the Civil War and into the 1890s South Carolina expanded timber and naval‑store extraction; agriculture, battered by low cotton prices and soil exhaustion, began to diversify and recover in the early 1900s; and textile manufacturing grew rapidly (with wartime demand accelerating its importance) during and after World War I. Shipbuilding and steel manufacture did not become major growth sectors in SC in this period.