What was the South’s relationship with cotton after the Civil War? What effects did growing it have on the South? How did ex-planters try to use nature to control ex-slaves?

Steinberg 7 & 8 Quiz

Do the reading and answer the following questions make sure for the long answer to write a 1-3 paragraphs and for the short a few sentences.

Steinberg 7
Long answers should be 1-3 paragraphs — short answers are a few sentences to a paragraph

• What was the South’s relationship with cotton after the Civil War? What effects did growing it have on the South? (long answer)
• How did ex-planters try to use nature to control ex-slaves? (short answer)
• What other types of resource extraction were practiced in the South? What impacts did these have on the South’s people and nature? (long answer)

Steinberg 8

• Why does Steinberg say at the very beginning of this chapter that the West “was all a big mistake?” What implications does that have? (short answer)
• What were the ecological impacts of gold mining? (short answer)
• What was the history of Bison? (long answer)
• How “successful” was wheat farming and cattic ranching in the West? (long answer)