Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

B  IBM

C  Nortel Networks

D  Cisco Systems

E  Glaxo Smith Kline

A  Africans brought over as slaves

B  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

C  Spanish settlers in West Texas

D  Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia

A  The rerouting and damming of rivers

B  The leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

C  Industrialization resulting in the silting of rivers.

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

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

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

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

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  Stagnated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Agriculture

B  Textile

C  Furniture

D  Meatpacking

E  Forestry

A  Peninsular Florida

B  Tennessee

C  Oklahoma

D  The Appalachian Mountains

A  5 years ago

B  20 years ago

C  50 years ago

D  100 years ago

A  Columbia University

B  Stanford University

C  Harvard University

D  Duke University

E  Brown University

A  Georgia

B  Mississippi

C  Tennessee

D  Kentucky

E  Alabama

A  Remained steady

B  Decreased

C  Become unprofitable

D  Grown

A  Sugar Cane

B  Moonshine

C  Prostitutes

D  Narcotics

E  Cigarettes

A  Louisiana

B  Alabama

C  Iowa

D  Florida

E  Texas

A  Lightning and Hail

B  Forest Fires

C  Tornados

D  Flash flooding

A  World War I

B  The Trail of Tears

C  The American Revolutionary War

D  The Cold War

E  The Civil War

A  In the Ouachitas

B  In the northern Appalachians

C  In the Ozarks

D  In the southern Appalachians

A  Yellowstone

B  The Black Hills

C  Great Smokey Mountains

D  Serpent Mound

A  Many tribes were forced to relocate to this region.

B  Oklahoma had better laws protecting Native Americans.

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

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

A  Tobacco

B  Corn

C  Peaches

D  Cotton

A  To fund government reconstruction projects

B  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

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

D  To research the effects of lung cancer

E  To create more space for the textile industry

A  The Ozarks

B  The lowlands

C  The mountainous areas

D  The Coastal South

A  Slavery

B  Communal Farms

C  Sharecropping

D  “Jim Crow”

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

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

C  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

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

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

A  The military and tourism.

B  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

C  Paper mills and high technology.

D  High technology and healthcare.

A  It is more environmentally damaging than underground mining.

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

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

D  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

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

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

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

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

A  Tennessee

B  Virginia

C  Kentucky

D  Georgia

A  The Final Solution

B  The Gettysburg Accord

C  The Great Migration

D  The Trail of Tears

A  Onions

B  Tobacco

C  Oranges

D  Cotton

A  The Tennessee National Guard

B  The Rural Electrification Administration

C  The Tennessee Valley Authority

D  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A  The Coastal South

B  The Inland South

C  The Great Plains

D  The Corn Belt and Great Lakes

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Final Solution

C  The Jackson Plan

D  The Great Indian Removal

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

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

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

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