Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

B  Nortel Networks

C  IBM

D  Glaxo Smith Kline

E  Cisco Systems

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 leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

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

D  The rerouting and damming of rivers

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

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

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

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

C  Stagnated

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Meatpacking

B  Forestry

C  Agriculture

D  Furniture

E  Textile

A  Tennessee

B  Oklahoma

C  Peninsular Florida

D  The Appalachian Mountains

A  100 years ago

B  20 years ago

C  5 years ago

D  50 years ago

A  Brown University

B  Harvard University

C  Stanford University

D  Columbia University

E  Duke University

A  Mississippi

B  Tennessee

C  Kentucky

D  Alabama

E  Georgia

A  Grown

B  Remained steady

C  Become unprofitable

D  Decreased

A  Cigarettes

B  Prostitutes

C  Moonshine

D  Sugar Cane

E  Narcotics

A  Iowa

B  Louisiana

C  Florida

D  Texas

E  Alabama

A  Lightning and Hail

B  Flash flooding

C  Tornados

D  Forest Fires

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The American Revolutionary War

C  The Cold War

D  World War I

E  The Civil War

A  In the Ouachitas

B  In the southern Appalachians

C  In the northern Appalachians

D  In the Ozarks

A  Yellowstone

B  The Black Hills

C  Great Smokey Mountains

D  Serpent Mound

A  Many tribes were forced to relocate to this region.

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

C  Oklahoma had better laws protecting Native Americans.

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

A  Cotton

B  Corn

C  Tobacco

D  Peaches

A  To research the effects of lung cancer

B  To fund government reconstruction projects

C  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

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

E  To create more space for the textile industry

A  The lowlands

B  The mountainous areas

C  The Ozarks

D  The Coastal South

A  Slavery

B  “Jim Crow”

C  Communal Farms

D  Sharecropping

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

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

E  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

A  Paper mills and high technology.

B  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

C  The military and tourism.

D  High technology and healthcare.

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

B  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

C  It is more environmentally damaging than underground mining.

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

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

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

A  Tennessee

B  Georgia

C  Kentucky

D  Virginia

A  The Final Solution

B  The Trail of Tears

C  The Gettysburg Accord

D  The Great Migration

A  Oranges

B  Onions

C  Tobacco

D  Cotton

A  The Tennessee Valley Authority

B  The Tennessee National Guard

C  The Rural Electrification Administration

D  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A  The Corn Belt and Great Lakes

B  The Inland South

C  The Coastal South

D  The Great Plains

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Final Solution

C  The Jackson Plan

D  The Great Indian Removal

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

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

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

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