Author Question: Migration routes west after 1800 did NOT: A) mainly run east-west. B) follow the coastline. C) ... (Read 577 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Alabama Fever refers to:

A) widespread malaria outbreaks among slaves.
B) Southern whites moving southwest into new lands.
C) cholera epidemics in southern cities.
D) rice planters' fear of competition from cotton.

Question 2

An area stretching through western Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi that was blessed with exceptionally fertile soil was called the _____ belt:

A) slave
B) black
C) gold
D) fever

Question 3

The most important export crops of the American colonial period were:

A) sugar, rice, and tobacco.
B) indigo, sugar, and sorghum.
C) cotton, tobacco, and rice.
D) tobacco, rice, and indigo.

Question 4

Samuel Townes' failure as a cotton planter in Alabama in the 1830s demonstrates:

A) New England's strangle hold on the cotton market.
B) the undeveloped state of community among cotton planters.
C) the constant danger of slave rebellion.
D) his lack of experience in the cotton business.

Question 5

Migration routes west after 1800 did NOT:

A) mainly run east-west.
B) follow the coastline.
C) mainly run north-south.
D) cross the Appalachians.