Industry in Appalachia

Front

The ________________ tree dominated much of the forest until blight wiped it out in the early 1900s.

Back

Chesnut

Front

Water was the primary means by which timber was delivered to it's destination, and ________________ would be opened allowing logs to float down river to mills.

Back

splash dams

Front

After 1890 there was a huge timber boom and selective cutting was replaced by ____________________.

Back

Clear-cutting

Front

Prior to industrialization, Appalachia subsisted mainly on family _________.

Back

farming

Front

Land ____________ and businessmen entered the area and began buying parcels of land for various enterprises.

Back

speculators

Front

Scholars today argue that the _____________ in Appalachia was marked by an exploitation of the region's natural and human resources based on these ____________.

Back

industrialization, stereotypes

Front

By 1910, ___________ controlled not only the best stands of hardwood timber and the thickest seams of coal but a large percentage of the surface land in the region as well.

Back

outlanders

Front

Industrialization required the modernization of ___________, such as railroads and highways, to enable the extraction of timber, coal, and other resources.

Back

transportation

Front

In 1915, conservation efforts succeeded and _____________in Yancey County became the first protected landscape within the North Carolina State Parks system.

Back

Mt. Mitchell State Park

Front

Industrialization around the country was literally fuelled by the _______ coming out of Appalachia.

Back

coal