SS week 16

Alabama established __ __ laws that kept African Americans from using the same facilities as white people.

• black code

• boom town

• Jim Crow

• Golden City

Which of the following changes took place that made the cotton industry into a more profitable business?

• More cotton mills were built

• cotton mills that were destroyed during the Civil War were rebuilt

• Faster steamboats and railroads were built

• all of the above

When the Alabama Constitution was rewritten, which of the follow things was NOT included?

• no more public schools were allowed to be built

• State officials were to be elected instead of appointed

• Taxes were lowered for poor people

Which of these grew after Reconstruction

• lumber mills

• cotton mills

• iron factories

• all of the above

Two of the following towns became "boom towns". Which did NOT?

• Bessemer

• Gadsden

• Montgoery

In order to make raising cotton a more profitable industry, where did Alabama leaders encourage the making of cotton into cloth be located?

• Alabama

• Up north

• Overseas

Chemists found a way to make cotton seeds into which of these products?

• fertilizer

• coal

• soap

After the Civil War, many __ __ were set up in southern Alabama to make use of fast growing pines that grew there

• cotton gins

• lumber mills

• boom towns

• Magic Cities

Birmingham was called the __ __ because the population and industry grew very quickly in a short period of time.

• Boom Town

• Golden City

• Magic City

The port of ___ was enlarged to allow ocean-going ships to enter it.

• Mobile

• Anniston

• Birmingham