Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

B  Cisco Systems

C  IBM

D  Glaxo Smith Kline

E  Nortel Networks

A  Africans brought over as slaves

B  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

C  Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia

D  Spanish settlers in West Texas

A  The leveling of small hills to produce more farmland.

B  Industrialization resulting in the silting of rivers.

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

D  The rerouting and damming of rivers

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  Less than 1 percent of Southerners owned more than 100 slaves

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

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

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

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  The Cotton Belt extended from southern Virginia west into eastern Texas

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Forestry

B  Agriculture

C  Furniture

D  Textile

E  Meatpacking

A  Tennessee

B  The Appalachian Mountains

C  Peninsular Florida

D  Oklahoma

A  50 years ago

B  20 years ago

C  100 years ago

D  5 years ago

A  Brown University

B  Harvard University

C  Duke University

D  Columbia University

E  Stanford University

A  Mississippi

B  Tennessee

C  Alabama

D  Georgia

E  Kentucky

A  Remained steady

B  Become unprofitable

C  Grown

D  Decreased

A  Prostitutes

B  Cigarettes

C  Sugar Cane

D  Moonshine

E  Narcotics

A  Florida

B  Louisiana

C  Alabama

D  Texas

E  Iowa

A  Forest Fires

B  Flash flooding

C  Lightning and Hail

D  Tornados

A  The American Revolutionary War

B  The Cold War

C  The Trail of Tears

D  World War I

E  The Civil War

A  In the southern Appalachians

B  In the northern Appalachians

C  In the Ouachitas

D  In the Ozarks

A  The Black Hills

B  Yellowstone

C  Serpent Mound

D  Great Smokey Mountains

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  Corn

B  Peaches

C  Cotton

D  Tobacco

A  To research the effects of lung cancer

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

C  To fund government reconstruction projects

D  To create more space for the textile industry

E  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

A  The mountainous areas

B  The Ozarks

C  The lowlands

D  The Coastal South

A  Sharecropping

B  Slavery

C  Communal Farms

D  “Jim Crow”

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

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

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

A  Paper mills and high technology.

B  Automobile manufacturing and paper mills.

C  High technology and healthcare.

D  The military and tourism.

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

B  It is more environmentally damaging 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 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  Kentucky

B  Virginia

C  Georgia

D  Tennessee

A  The Trail of Tears

B  The Great Migration

C  The Gettysburg Accord

D  The Final Solution

A  Onions

B  Tobacco

C  Cotton

D  Oranges

A  The Tennessee Valley Authority

B  The Tennessee National Guard

C  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

D  The Rural Electrification Administration

A  The Coastal South

B  The Corn Belt and Great Lakes

C  The Inland South

D  The Great Plains

A  The Jackson Plan

B  The Trail of Tears

C  The Great Indian Removal

D  The Final Solution

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

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

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

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