When the United States took possession of Mississippi in 1798, Natchez-under- the-Hill became    
A. the most important center of settlement in the old Southwest.    
B. a way station for the Underground Railroad.    
C. a reservation for the Natchez Indians.    
D. a religious commune.    
ANSWER: A    

The most important export crops of the American colonial period were     
A. cotton, sugar, and rice.    
B. sugar, rice, and tobacco.    
C. tobacco, rice, and indigo.    
D. indigo, sugar, and sorghum.    
ANSWER: C

An area stretching through western Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi that was  blessed with exceptionally fertile soil was called    
A. the slave belt.    
B. the black belt.    
C. the fever belt.    
D. no man's land.    
ANSWER: B