Isn't it amazing that Appalachian people live in rough conditions and we don't hear about the Appalachian people erupting in violence? There is always a convenient excuse for violence.
Oddly enough, Appalachia was the site of the biggest uprising since the Draft Riots of the Civil War. See, for instance, The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising or http://www.matewan.com/History/battle.htm (though it is arguable that there more miners involved in the 1914 Colorado labor troubles.)