U.S. History and Economy Quiz

In the 1800s, cotton became a major cash crop in the South because of the growth of the textile industry in which region?

• Northwest

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Midwest

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A railroad for transporting cotton

• A network of safe houses for enslaved African Americans escaping to freedom

• A railroad connecting the North and South

• A government program to end slavery

Graffiti originated as an illegal art form but is now sometimes commissioned by whom?

• Artists only

• Schools and churches

• Governments and private citizens

• Banks and corporations

The United States economy is based on which type of economic system?

• Command economy

• Mixed economy

• Traditional economy

Since the 1950s, U.S. agriculture has seen which of the following changes?

• Decline in farm sizes

• Growth in the average size of farms

• Decrease in agricultural technology

• Elimination of family farms

The postindustrial U.S. economy is dominated by which of the following sectors?

• Agriculture and manufacturing

• Biotechnology, high-tech, and service industries

• Mining and oil industries

• Textiles and small businesses

What is offshoring?

• The practice of selling products in multiple countries

• Moving companies’ operations overseas

• Opening factories in multiple U.S. states

• Outsourcing management positions abroad

The economic downturn of 2008 was caused by a large number of __________.

• Overvalued stocks

• Failed exports

• Ill-advised home mortgage loans

• Natural disasters

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The Civil War was triggered by tensions between which two regions?

• Northeast and Southwest

• Industrialized North and agricultural South

• Midwest and Northeast

• Urban and rural areas

The settlement of the Great Plains was sped up in the late 1800s due to the development of what farming technique?

• Irrigation farming

• Dry farming

• Rotational farming

• Aquaculture