Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

B  Nortel Networks

C  IBM

D  Cisco Systems

E  Glaxo Smith Kline

A  Africans brought over as slaves

B  Spanish settlers in West Texas

C  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

D  Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia

A  Industrialization resulting in the silting of rivers.

B  The leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

C  The rerouting and damming of rivers

D  The removal of trees and vegetation due to logging and mining.

A  In 1860, over 75 percent of all Southerners owned at least one slave

B  Slavery was tolerated because Blacks were thought to scientifically inferior to whites

C  One of the obstacles to abolishing slavery was the fact that the U.S. Constitution did not directly address the issue of slavery

D  Less than 1 percent of Southerners owned more than 100 slaves

E  Slaves were expected to pick up to 150 pounds of cotton a day

A  Grown more slowly than the rest of the U.S

B  Stagnated

C  Grown more rapidly than the rest of the U.S

D  Grown at about the same rate as the rest of the U.S

A  In 1860, an independent American South would have been one of the world’s wealthiest nations

B  The most common form of cotton in the American South was the so-called ‘sea-island’ cotton

C  Kentucky was the only state in the American South to have no cotton cultivation

D  The expansion of cotton cultivation depended on, among other things, labor availability and a system of global trade

E  The Cotton Belt extended from southern Virginia west into eastern Texas

A  You would be travelling from hilly eastern Arkansas into the lowlands of western Arkansas.

B  The scenery would be flat in both eastern and western Arkansas with little change.

C  You would be travelling from the lowlands of eastern Arkansas into hilly western Arkansas.

D  The scenery would be hilly in both eastern and western Arkansas with little change.

A  Furniture

B  Forestry

C  Meatpacking

D  Agriculture

E  Textile

A  Tennessee

B  Oklahoma

C  Peninsular Florida

D  The Appalachian Mountains

A  50 years ago

B  20 years ago

C  5 years ago

D  100 years ago

A  Harvard University

B  Brown University

C  Stanford University

D  Duke University

E  Columbia University

A  Mississippi

B  Alabama

C  Kentucky

D  Tennessee

E  Georgia

A  Remained steady

B  Decreased

C  Grown

D  Become unprofitable

A  Prostitutes

B  Cigarettes

C  Moonshine

D  Sugar Cane

E  Narcotics

A  Texas

B  Iowa

C  Florida

D  Alabama

E  Louisiana

A  Tornados

B  Flash flooding

C  Forest Fires

D  Lightning and Hail

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The American Revolutionary War

C  The Civil War

D  The Cold War

E  World War I

A  In the Ozarks

B  In the Ouachitas

C  In the southern Appalachians

D  In the northern Appalachians

A  Serpent Mound

B  The Black Hills

C  Great Smokey Mountains

D  Yellowstone

A  Many regions in Oklahoma were spiritual centers for Native American tribes.

B  Eastern Oklahoma had the most modern schools, as well as plentiful jobs for Native Americans.

C  Oklahoma had better laws protecting Native Americans.

D  Many tribes were forced to relocate to this region.

A  Corn

B  Cotton

C  Tobacco

D  Peaches

A  To fund government reconstruction projects

B  To create more space for the textile industry

C  To research the effects of lung cancer

D  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

E  To generate more revenue for NASCAR tracks and race car technology

A  The mountainous areas

B  The lowlands

C  The Ozarks

D  The Coastal South

A  Sharecropping

B  Slavery

C  “Jim Crow”

D  Communal Farms

A  Between 1830 and 1860 nearly 1 million slaves were transported westward by the cotton migration

B  Between 1820 and 1860, the proportion of free American Blacks actually decreased

C  By 1860, a little over 10 percent of all Blacks in the United States were free

D  Between 1830 and 1860 Southerners migrated towards the southwest to increase cotton cultivation in order to satisfy the demands of the rapidly growing American North

E  Between 1830 and 1860 the center of cotton production shifted from South Carolina to Mississippi

A  The military and tourism.

B  High technology and healthcare.

C  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

D  Paper mills and high technology.

A  It is more environmentally damaging than underground mining.

B  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

C  It is more expensive and time consuming than underground mining.

D  It destroys the scenic value, and harms the tourism industry.

A  Yes, the warm, moist climate allows trees to grow quickly.

B  In the past, yes, but in recent decades forests have been overharvested, leading to a downturn in the industry.

C  No, the many pests prevalent in the south have prevented many trees from prospering.

D  No, the thin, nutrient poor soils are not suitable for growing forests.

A  Virginia

B  Kentucky

C  Georgia

D  Tennessee

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Final Solution

C  The Great Migration

D  The Gettysburg Accord

A  Tobacco

B  Oranges

C  Onions

D  Cotton

A  The Rural Electrification Administration

B  The Tennessee Valley Authority

C  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

D  The Tennessee National Guard

A  The Great Plains

B  The Corn Belt and Great Lakes

C  The Coastal South

D  The Inland South

A  The Jackson Plan

B  The Great Indian Removal

C  The Trail of Tears

D  The Final Solution

A  Increased population growth in the Inland South since the 1960s.

B  The return of many Native American tribes in the 1960s.

C  The end of the plantation system in the 1970s.

D  The departure of many Hispanics from the region in the 1930s.