Week 12 Alabama Studies

Front

Why did so many people move to Alabama in the early 1800s?

Back

The economy in the eastern states wasn’t doing well.

Front

Who were indentured servants?

Back

immigrants working to repay their passage to America

Front

How did children help to build cabins?

Back

They mixed mud, sticks, and rocks to fill the spaces between the logs.

Front

True or False:  Alabama was originally part of the Mississippi Territory.

Back

True

Front

Some of Alabama’s first schools were established by: police officers, politicians, pottery makers, preachers

Back

preachers

Front

Which Europeans first settled around the Mobile River?

Back

French

Front

Why was the kitchen often located away from the main house on a plantation?

Back

so that the main house could be kept cooler

Front

What did schoolchildren use for ink in early Alabama?

Back

fluids from animals

Front

According to the article, which was NOT a danger of transporting cargo on a steamboat? Options: steamboat racing, boiler explosion, American Indian attack, river pirates

Back

river pirates

Front

Why did farmers ignore the Black Belt to begin with?

Back

The soil was too difficult to plow.