Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  IBM

B  Cisco Systems

C  Glaxo Smith Kline

D  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

E  Nortel Networks

A  Spanish settlers in West Texas

B  Africans brought over as slaves

C  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

D  Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia

A  Industrialization resulting in the silting of rivers.

B  The rerouting and damming of rivers

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

D  The leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

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

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

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

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

A  Stagnated

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

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

D  Grown more rapidly than 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 expansion of cotton cultivation depended on, among other things, labor availability and a system of global trade

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

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

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

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

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

C  The scenery would be flat 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  Textile

B  Meatpacking

C  Agriculture

D  Forestry

E  Furniture

A  Peninsular Florida

B  The Appalachian Mountains

C  Oklahoma

D  Tennessee

A  100 years ago

B  5 years ago

C  50 years ago

D  20 years ago

A  Stanford University

B  Brown University

C  Columbia University

D  Harvard University

E  Duke University

A  Tennessee

B  Mississippi

C  Alabama

D  Kentucky

E  Georgia

A  Become unprofitable

B  Grown

C  Decreased

D  Remained steady

A  Prostitutes

B  Narcotics

C  Sugar Cane

D  Moonshine

E  Cigarettes

A  Alabama

B  Louisiana

C  Florida

D  Texas

E  Iowa

A  Lightning and Hail

B  Tornados

C  Flash flooding

D  Forest Fires

A  The Cold War

B  The Civil War

C  The American Revolutionary War

D  The Trail of Tears

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  Yellowstone

D  Great Smokey Mountains

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  Peaches

B  Tobacco

C  Corn

D  Cotton

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

B  To fund government reconstruction projects

C  To research the effects of lung cancer

D  To create more space for the textile industry

E  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

A  The Ozarks

B  The Coastal South

C  The lowlands

D  The mountainous areas

A  Sharecropping

B  “Jim Crow”

C  Communal Farms

D  Slavery

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

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

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

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

A  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

B  High technology and healthcare.

C  The military and tourism.

D  Paper mills and high technology.

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

B  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

C  It is more environmentally damaging than underground mining.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Virginia

B  Tennessee

C  Kentucky

D  Georgia

A  The Final Solution

B  The Trail of Tears

C  The Great Migration

D  The Gettysburg Accord

A  Oranges

B  Tobacco

C  Cotton

D  Onions

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 Corn Belt and Great Lakes

B  The Inland South

C  The Great Plains

D  The Coastal South

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Great Indian Removal

C  The Jackson Plan

D  The Final Solution

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

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

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

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