Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  Cisco Systems

B  IBM

C  Glaxo Smith Kline

D  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

E  Nortel Networks

A  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

B  Africans brought over as slaves

C  Spanish settlers in West Texas

D  Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia

A  The rerouting and damming of rivers

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

C  Industrialization resulting in the silting of rivers.

D  The leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

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

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

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  Grown more slowly than the rest of the U.S

D  Stagnated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  The scenery would be flat 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  Textile

B  Furniture

C  Meatpacking

D  Agriculture

E  Forestry

A  Oklahoma

B  Peninsular Florida

C  Tennessee

D  The Appalachian Mountains

A  50 years ago

B  100 years ago

C  20 years ago

D  5 years ago

A  Stanford University

B  Harvard University

C  Columbia University

D  Duke University

E  Brown University

A  Georgia

B  Alabama

C  Kentucky

D  Tennessee

E  Mississippi

A  Decreased

B  Grown

C  Remained steady

D  Become unprofitable

A  Moonshine

B  Cigarettes

C  Narcotics

D  Sugar Cane

E  Prostitutes

A  Florida

B  Louisiana

C  Alabama

D  Texas

E  Iowa

A  Tornados

B  Lightning and Hail

C  Forest Fires

D  Flash flooding

A  The Cold War

B  The Civil War

C  The American Revolutionary War

D  World War I

E  The Trail of Tears

A  In the Ouachitas

B  In the southern Appalachians

C  In the Ozarks

D  In the northern Appalachians

A  Yellowstone

B  Great Smokey Mountains

C  The Black Hills

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

D  Oklahoma had better laws protecting Native Americans.

A  Cotton

B  Tobacco

C  Peaches

D  Corn

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

B  To fund government reconstruction projects

C  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

D  To research the effects of lung cancer

E  To create more space for the textile industry

A  The Ozarks

B  The Coastal South

C  The mountainous areas

D  The lowlands

A  Communal Farms

B  Sharecropping

C  Slavery

D  “Jim Crow”

A  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

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

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

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

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

A  The military and tourism.

B  Paper mills and high technology.

C  High technology and healthcare.

D  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

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

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

C  It is more environmentally damaging than underground mining.

D  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

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

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

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

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

A  Georgia

B  Tennessee

C  Virginia

D  Kentucky

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Gettysburg Accord

C  The Final Solution

D  The Great Migration

A  Oranges

B  Cotton

C  Onions

D  Tobacco

A  The Tennessee Valley Authority

B  The Rural Electrification Administration

C  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

D  The Tennessee National Guard

A  The Inland South

B  The Corn Belt and Great Lakes

C  The Great Plains

D  The Coastal South

A  The Final Solution

B  The Jackson Plan

C  The Trail of Tears

D  The Great Indian Removal

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

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

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

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