Alabama History Chapter 9

There was no need for textile mills in Alabama after the Civil War.

• True
• False
• Maybe
• Unsure

Julia Tutwiler fought for education for women.

• True
• False
• maybe
• unsure

Sharecroppers owned their own tools and farm animals.

• True
• False
• maybe
• unsure

Dr. George Washington Carver worked hard to build Tuskegee Institute.

• True
• False
• maybe
• unsure

Before 1900 there were no child labor laws to prevent very young children from being hired to work.

• True
• False
• maybe
• unsure

After the Civil War the Freedmen's Bureau

• knew slaves were tired of working so they left them alone.
• tried to help African Americans find work.
• was not satisfied with the quality of work African Americans produced
• was tired of being helpful.

The last half of the 19th century was an important time for

• Alabama industry.
• Alabama cotton farming.
• buying more slaves.
• making was materials.

In the late 1800s Alabamians traveled from town to town mainly by

• horseback
• stagecoach
• railroad
• walking

The first schools after the Civil War were open about four months a year because

• the students learned quickly and did not need to be in school longer.
  
• the schools could not afford to pay a teacher longer than four months.
• winter months were too cold to go to school.
• children were needed at home to work on the farm.

Civil rights mean that

• certain groups are required to be more civial then others.
• everyone was not equal.
• everyone is due fair and equal treatment.
• weathly person are due fair and equal treatment.