Chapter 6- AL HIS

Over the years, Alabama has had its capital in these 5 cities:

• St. Stephens, Huntsville, Cahaba, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery
• Montgomery, Huntsville, Auburn, Tuscaloosa, and Cahaba
• Auburn, Montgomery, Huntsville
• Louisiana, Montgomery, Huntsville 

What were the two methods of water travel in the young Alabama territory?

• Steamboats and keelboats
• Steamboats and flatboats
• Flatboats and Keelboats
• flatboats and paddle boats

Who signed the Indian Removal Act?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Jackson
• William Wyatt Bibb
• William Rufusking

The first meeting of the Alabama Territory's legislature was?

• made of 13 men and held January 19, 1818
• made of 13 men and women and held January 19, 1818
• Made of 25 men and held January 19, 1865
• Made of 25 men and held on January 19, 1840

in 1818, in order for a territory to become a state, its population must be

• 15,000 persons
• 34,000 persons
• 100,000 persons
• 60,000 persons

Before a territory could become a state it needed to have a 

• name
• large acreage of land
• state constitution
• governor

Who built Cedar Creek Furnace, the State's first blast furnace? 

• Daniel Pratt
• Joseph Heslip
• William Wyatt Bibb 
• Israel Pickens 

In 1830 after each Indian tribe signed a treaty, the tribes were sent

• to a celebration honoring them
• back home
• west to Indian Territory
• north to join other tribes

Why was the removal of Indians from their homelands called the "Trail of Tears"?

• There was so much suffering and death on the forced journey to the new Indian Territory
• the Indians were crying because they were so excited about a new home

Alabama became the 22nd state to join the Union on

• December 30, 1802
• December 14, 1819