Chapter 9 Study Guide

What happened to many farms during the Civil War?

• they made more money

• their tools were rusted and things were destroyed

• everything was the same as before the war

Why did most people live and work on farms between 1865 and 1900?

• the state had an agricultural economy

• it was easier work

• they didn't want to travel to the iron factories

What is the difference between a tenant farmer and a sharecropper?

• tenant farmers "shared" land and tools with the land owner and sharecroppers owned the land and tools.

• sharecroppers "shared" land and tools with the land owner and tenant farmers owned the land and tools.

What two groups helped Auburn University get a land grant?

• townspeople and Methodists

• Booker T. Washington and The Grange

• tenant farmers and Freedman's Bureau

How did Dr. Carver's work help farmers?

• he taught them how to grow corn

• he taught them about crop rotation so the soil would be better

• he taught them how to be better farmers

Who was invited to be the head of the Tuskegee Institute and gave black Americans a great education?

• George Washington

• Booker T. Washington

• George Washington Carver

What were the three minerals found in the Mineral Belt?

• magnesium, salt, limestone

• coal, steel, salt

• iron ore, limestone, coal

Why were textile mills built in Alabama after the Civil War?

• so the mills could be close to the cotton fields and save money on shipping

• because they had a lot of extra money and wanted more mills around

• because there were too many people who wanted to work there

How did Alabama lumber get to international markets?

• Europeans came and picked it up

• it was exported through the Port of Mobile on a ship

How did most people travel by land in the late 1800s?

• mules

• dirt roads

• railroads