WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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South Carolina State College
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University of South Carolina
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Future Farmers of America
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Clemson University
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1880s, Tillman, a wealthy landowner, became dissatisfied with the Democratic leadership and led a movement of white farmers calling for reform. He was initially unsuccessful, though he was instrumental in the founding of Clemson University as an agricultural land-grant college.
Detailed explanation-2: -1807-1888. Thomas Green Clemson, the University’s founder and namesake, was as complex as the times in which he lived. In his 80 years, he achieved fame as a diplomat, an agriculturalist and a mining engineer.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the country’s most selective public research universities, Clemson was founded in 1889 with a mission to be a “high seminary of learning” dedicated to teaching, research and service.
Detailed explanation-4: -Clemson University is built on Calhoun’s Fort Hill Plantation, which was passed to daughter Anna Calhoun Clemson, and then to her husband, Thomas Green Clemson.