All of the following occurred in the American South during World War I EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesA steep drop in the price of cottonThe beginning of the "Great Migration" of black southerners out of the SouthA boom in the oil and chemical industriesAn influx of federal dollars for shipyards and military bases

During the 1920s, rural Southern cotton farmers faced all of the following crises EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesDrought and floodingFalling cotton pricesAn increase in the cost of food and clothingOverproduction

Which of the following is FALSE about the antebellum (pre-Civil War) Cotton Empire?Group of answer choicesIt depended heavily on “free labor”It produced the USA’s leading export cropIt moved steadily westward across the Deep SouthIt was the chief supplier of British and U.S. cotton mills

African Americans migrated out of the U.S. South partly as a consequence ofGroup of answer choicesthe removal of travel visa requirements for people of color.increasing opportunities to work in northern coal mines and the California gold rush.increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor.the growth of agriculture in the U.S. North.

How did the cotton gin affect the economy of the South? A:A. Its failure led Southerners to plant wheat.B:B. It decreased the production of cotton.C:C. It decreased the demand for the labor of enslaved people.D:D. It increased the profitability of cotton.

Which of the following is evidence of the dramatic transformation of the American economy after the 1950s?Group of answer choicesthe increase of farm populationsthe decline of blue-collar workers and the rise of white collar workersthe shrinking number of salaried workersthe migration out of the South to the Northeastthe expansion of factory jobs and continued rise in blue-collar labor