Explain the role of fishing in the historical development of Newfoundland and how has the industry changed in recent years?

ch 1 & 3

Fishing in Newfoundland was where the jobs were. If you lived there you would most likely have a job in a fish plant. In recent years, the basis for fishery (cod) is starting to decrease. In 1992 it was declared that there was two much over fishing which caused cod to disappear and the industry to die out.

Fishing in Newfoundland was where the jobs were. If you lived there you would most likely have a job in a fish plant. In recent years, the basis for fishery (cod) is starting to decrease. In 1992 it was declared that there was two much over fishing which caused cod to disappear and the industry to die out.

Ch- 1 & 3

Acadians that lived around the Bay of Fundy lived from the mouth of the Penobscot River in Maine north into New Brunswick and south along the entire western coast of Nova Scotia. They overcame the lack of arable land by farming, fishing, and some trading of furs.

What factors brought about the Acadian Diaspora and where did they eventually settle?

Ch- 1 & 3

The Acadian’s dispersed into the Annapolis-Cornwallis

Valley in the 17^th Century because of the flat, tidal marshes that offered potential farming land. The farming here grew fruits, vegetables, and grains for local consumption and for the export market. A lot move to Louisana

Why has Canada’s National Economic Policy not been beneficial to the Maritimes?

Ch 1 & 3

Canada’s National Economic Policy 1879 is tariff protection (so industries can grow), construction of the transcontinental railroad, and increased immigration (they needed people)

Why did the St. Lawrence Valley, and not Acadia, become the cultural hearth of Canada?

Ch 2

The St. Lawrence Valley became the cultural hearth of Canada because Cartier traded some furs with the natives but had an unsuccessful attempt to found a colony. Then the French became an allied military with the Indians and the Montreal-based fur trade expanded westward, up the St. Lawrence. By 1635 the French entered the eastern Great Lakes.

What factors led to the diminishing role of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec and,
ultimately, the modernization of the province.

Ch 2

What was the Quiet Revolution, what movements emerged from it and how successful have
those movements been?

ch 2

The Quiet Revolution was a rise in popular dissatisfaction with established institutions such as foreign corporations. The two movements the emerged from it both reflected a growing concern for the politics of language.

What were the Meech Lake Accords designed to do and why did the measure fail?

ch 2

The Meech Lake Accords, 1987 was a set of failed amendments  designed to recognize that Quebec is unique as a distinct society, provincial role in immigration guaranteed, provincial role in Supreme Court nominations, limits on federal spending power, and restore Quebecs veto.

Why did Montreal lost its status as the primary economic center of Canada and what is causing
it’s economy to come back recently

ch 2

Montreal was the center for trade and finance. It had Canada’s largest port of entry. Then it went from an English city to a French city and when bill 101 passed in 1977, it became hard for English speakers to get work there. Recently Montreal has seen recent growth in financial sector. Transportation functions retained and high tech growth has been significant.

What impact did early colonial settlers have on the natural environment and what impact did that have on Native Americans?

ch 4

From New England Forests they got resources from the Northern Forests à spruce (tree)/fur—beaver. The Middle Forests à pine/maple –ship building. And the Southern forest à pine/decitous – pitch and tar. For the Native Americans, according to John Winthrop, when New England was settled, the natives were all near dead due to small pox.

How was the typical New England village laid out and was it governed? How did this arrangement differ from its Canadian counterpart?

ch 4

The iron laws of the local Puritan rulers governed typical New England village. The lands of New England had their own parcels of cropland surrounded by each village. It differed from Canada because in Quebec a landlord was part of the system, but in Massachusetts, farmers owned their own croplands.

What factors help explain the emergence of one America’s first manufacturing centers in New England and where was this industrial activity centered?

ch 4

A skilled labor force helped explain the emergence of one of America’s first manufacturing centers in New England.

Why was the Erie Canal of such importance to the development of New York City, Upstate New York and the Midwest respectively?

ch 5

The Erie Canal was an importance to the development of NYC, Upstate NY, and the Midwest because it saved a lot of time in traveling. The express passenger service moved 100 miles a day, goods moved 50 miles a day, passenger trips from Albany to Buffalo was reduced from over a month in traveling to 4 days..8 for goods. This also helped saved money on shipping goods. Because of the Erie Canal there is now a larger development of people in upstate NY (Rochester went from 1500-36000 people and Buffalo went from 2000-42000 people from 1820-50)

What is the Niagara Escarpment and why was it both a blessing and a burden for the region?

ch 5

The Niagara Escarpment is a famous landscape feature near Guelph, Ontario. The Escarpment curves southwestward to form the Niagara Peninsula, separating Lakes Erie and Lake Ontario. It’s a blessing because the steep slopes permit cold-air drainage and moderating climatic effect of Lake Ontario. It also helps Canada’s climate for tobacco growing. (Couldn’t find burden*)

What was the St. Lawrence Seaway designed to do and why has it not been entirely successful?

ch 5

Explain the role of southeastern Pennsylvania as an American cultural hearth--including their settlement history, migration patterns and the cultural aspects they brought with them.

ch 6

The first people to settle in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania were the German & Scottish-Irish. People migrated to the great valley. They brought mixed farming systems and yeomanry (sub-units of the British Territorial Army) to Appalachia and the Midwest.

Describe the division between the upland and lowland South in terms of their geography, settlement history, and economy.

ch 7

The lowland is identified with slavery, a historical African American presence, and a large-scale agriculture. The upland south has the Southern Appalachian mountains., interior low plateau and Ozark-Ouachita regions commonly are grouped together. There agriculture is poorer and the region didn’t develop a slave-owning economy.

What has been the basis of the economic development in the Tennessee Valley and how has that affected the regional economy?

ch 7

The basis of the Tennessee Valleys economic development was because of cheaper power and how it brought new industries. It was an obvious location for steel and iron industries. To the regional economy it had Americas worst air quality and was the dirtiest city. But cheaper power and transportation led to economic growth.

What factors led to the increasing rates of poverty in the Southern Appalachians?

ch 7

The increasing rates of poverty in the Southern Appalachians was due to the reconstruction land policies which 80 acre limits are removed and 32 million acres were privatized. Timber production moved South but it needed railroads to access the timber, which wasn’t that big at the time.

What were the goals of the Appalachian Regional Development Act and what have the long-
term results of the program been?

ch 7

In the Southern Appalachians was that the high school graduates were only 31 percent. Poverty was 33 percent below normal. There was a large non-farm population.  The goals to fix this were to create growth corridors, health centers, and vocational training. This improved education and poverty indicators and economic growth.

What factors contributed to the Bluegrass region becoming an important region for raising horses and how has that affected the region today?

ch 8-9

The reason why the Bluegrass Region became an important region in raising horses is because the horses being raised were race horses.

Why did Kentucky’s settlement history and physical geography combine to help it develop as a major Bourbon distilling region?

ch 8-9

Based on where Kentucky settled, it had large amounts of limestone. The limestone led to creating high quality Bourbon

What are the unique factors that make Virginia a cultural hearth, where did Virginians migrate to and what values/lifestyle did they bring with them?

ch 10

Settlers of Virginia= English from the higher rank societies

Virginian migration to-> Kentucky, Ohio.

Why did tobacco farming on the Coastal Plain have such large land & labor requirements, how did it meet these needs, and what problems did this pose?

ch 10

Where was cigarette manufacturing concentrated and why was this the case?

ch 10

Cigarette manufacturing developed in two N. Carolina Cities, Wintson  and Durham. It developed b/c unmanufactured tobacco is prone to damage and can’t be transported long distances, where packaged tobacco products can be shipped anywhere in the world.

Why did the rice industry flourish in the outer coastal plain and who was responsible for this?

ch 10

How have the Everglades been transformed over the last one hundred years and what have the results been for agriculture in Florida?

ch 11

The Everglades have been transformed over the last hundred years by draining the land and using it for sugar cane and winter vegetable production like radishes eggplant, squash, parsley, celery, and tomatoes.

How did Florida become a major tourist center and where are the major tourist regions?

ch 11

Florida was originally not made for tourism. It was pretty much a big swamp. Then Flagler’s RR develops East Coast tourist industry and Disney opens in 1970 making the Central Lake District boom. This caused the amount of visitors sky rocket (1940: 2 million visitors à 2000:  80 million visitors per year).

Who are the Cajuns where do they live and why is their culture threatened?

ch 12

What lessons were not learned from Hurricane Katrina and why is New Orleans still every bit as
much at risk from natural disaster?

ch 12

New Orleans has been flooded 27 times. It is still very much at risk from natural disasters due to erosion, which is causing a smaller delta, subsidence (New Orleans is 2 feet more underwater than in 1960), Sea level is rising (could rise 2 feet this century), and the levees are only built for a category 3 hurricane, which if we want to learn from Katrina, build better ones!

Why did cotton production take off in the South after the Civil War and why did it end?

ch 12

Cotton production took off in the South after the Civil war because there were new systems of labor: share cropping and forced labor. There was also an increase in commercialization, which we were able to transport the cotton by railroads. It ended due to soil exhaustion, the laborers migrate somewhere else, and due to the Boll Weevil bug that fed on the fibers of the cotton boll.