Question

SOUTHERN STATE POPULATIONS, 1790 AND 1800
Source: United States Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (1975).
The trend in the population percent increase from 1790 to 1800 most likely indicates which of the following?


The rapid movement of migrants to newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee

Option A,The rapid movement of migrants to newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee

a

The increased arrival of indentured servants in established areas in Virginia and Maryland

Option B,The increased arrival of indentured servants in established areas in Virginia and Maryland

b

The restriction of the international slave trade to North and South Carolina

Option C,The restriction of the international slave trade to North and South Carolina

c

The growth of new industrial cities in Georgia

Answer 1

A. The rapid movement of migrants to newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee.

Explanation: Frontier states like Kentucky and Tennessee experienced large percent population gains in the 1790s as settlers moved west for land and opportunity; older Atlantic states grew more slowly, so the pattern of high percent increases points to westward migration and frontier settlement rather than indentured-servant inflows, a restricted slave trade limited to particular Carolinas, or major industrial growth in Georgia.