Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  Glaxo Smith Kline

B  Cisco Systems

C  IBM

D  Nortel Networks

E  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

A  Spanish settlers in West Texas

B  Africans brought over as slaves

C  Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia

D  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

A  Industrialization resulting in the silting of rivers.

B  The rerouting and damming of rivers

C  The leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  Stagnated

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

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

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  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  Textile

B  Forestry

C  Furniture

D  Agriculture

E  Meatpacking

A  Tennessee

B  Oklahoma

C  Peninsular Florida

D  The Appalachian Mountains

A  100 years ago

B  50 years ago

C  5 years ago

D  20 years ago

A  Stanford University

B  Columbia University

C  Harvard University

D  Duke University

E  Brown University

A  Alabama

B  Kentucky

C  Georgia

D  Tennessee

E  Mississippi

A  Grown

B  Remained steady

C  Decreased

D  Become unprofitable

A  Sugar Cane

B  Cigarettes

C  Prostitutes

D  Narcotics

E  Moonshine

A  Florida

B  Louisiana

C  Iowa

D  Alabama

E  Texas

A  Lightning and Hail

B  Flash flooding

C  Tornados

D  Forest Fires

A  The Civil War

B  World War I

C  The Cold War

D  The American Revolutionary War

E  The Trail of Tears

A  In the northern Appalachians

B  In the southern Appalachians

C  In the Ouachitas

D  In the Ozarks

A  Great Smokey Mountains

B  Yellowstone

C  The Black Hills

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  Cotton

D  Peaches

A  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

B  To fund government reconstruction projects

C  To create more space for the textile industry

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

E  To research the effects of lung cancer

A  The lowlands

B  The Ozarks

C  The mountainous areas

D  The Coastal South

A  Communal Farms

B  Sharecropping

C  Slavery

D  “Jim Crow”

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

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

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

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

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  The military and tourism.

B  Paper mills and high technology.

C  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

D  High technology and healthcare.

A  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

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

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

D  It is more environmentally damaging than underground mining.

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

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

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

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  Virginia

D  Kentucky

A  The Gettysburg Accord

B  The Great Migration

C  The Final Solution

D  The Trail of Tears

A  Tobacco

B  Oranges

C  Onions

D  Cotton

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 Corn Belt and Great Lakes

B  The Inland South

C  The Great Plains

D  The Coastal South

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Jackson Plan

C  The Final Solution

D  The Great Indian Removal

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

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

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

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