Chapter 9 Test The Inland South

A  Glaxo Smith Kline

B  Nortel Networks

C  IBM

D  Cisco Systems

E  All these answer choices are located in the Research Triangle

A  Africans brought over as slaves

B  Cajun settlers in Louisiana

C  Spanish settlers in West Texas

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  Stagnated

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

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

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

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

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

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  Agriculture

B  Textile

C  Furniture

D  Forestry

E  Meatpacking

A  The Appalachian Mountains

B  Peninsular Florida

C  Oklahoma

D  Tennessee

A  20 years ago

B  5 years ago

C  50 years ago

D  100 years ago

A  Columbia University

B  Brown University

C  Stanford University

D  Harvard University

E  Duke University

A  Tennessee

B  Georgia

C  Kentucky

D  Mississippi

E  Alabama

A  Grown

B  Become unprofitable

C  Remained steady

D  Decreased

A  Moonshine

B  Narcotics

C  Cigarettes

D  Prostitutes

E  Sugar Cane

A  Iowa

B  Alabama

C  Florida

D  Louisiana

E  Texas

A  Forest Fires

B  Flash flooding

C  Lightning and Hail

D  Tornados

A  The Civil War

B  The Cold 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  The Black Hills

B  Great Smokey Mountains

C  Yellowstone

D  Serpent Mound

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

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

C  Many tribes were forced to relocate to this region.

D  Oklahoma had better laws protecting Native Americans.

A  Corn

B  Peaches

C  Cotton

D  Tobacco

A  To attract modern industries to North Carolina

B  To research the effects of lung cancer

C  To create more space for the textile industry

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

E  To fund government reconstruction projects

A  The lowlands

B  The Coastal South

C  The mountainous areas

D  The Ozarks

A  Sharecropping

B  Communal Farms

C  “Jim Crow”

D  Slavery

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

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

C  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

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

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

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 environmentally damaging than underground mining.

B  It is more dangerous for workers than underground mining.

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

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 thin, nutrient poor soils are not suitable for growing forests.

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

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

A  Kentucky

B  Georgia

C  Tennessee

D  Virginia

A  The Final Solution

B  The Trail of Tears

C  The Great Migration

D  The Gettysburg Accord

A  Onions

B  Cotton

C  Tobacco

D  Oranges

A  The Rural Electrification Administration

B  The Tennessee Valley Authority

C  The Tennessee National Guard

D  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A  The Corn Belt and Great Lakes

B  The Great Plains

C  The Inland South

D  The Coastal South

A  The Great Indian Removal

B  The Jackson Plan

C  The Trail of Tears

D  The Final Solution

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

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

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

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