Social Studies Week 16

What two towns became "boom towns" because of their proximity to Birmingham?

• Bessemer

• Pell City

• Gadsden

• Talladega

List three industries that grew after Reconstruction?

• iron factories

• oil industry

• lumber mills

• cotton mills

List two provisions that were included in the Alabama Constitution when it was rewritten.

• Poor people's taxes were increased.

• Poor people's taxes were lowered.

• State officials were appointed not elected.

• State officials were elected not appointed.

What did chemists find that cotton seeds could be made into?

• soup

• soap

• coffee

• oil

What are three changes to the cotton industry that made it more profitable?

• More cotton mills were built.

• Less cotton mills were built.

• Cotton mills that were destroyed during the Civil War were rebuilt.

• Faster steamboats and railroads were built.

What was the main industry in Alabama before the Civil War?

• farming or growing cotton

• iron industry

• travel industry

• seafood industry

What happened to the Alabama government immediately after the Civil War?

• Federal troops were in charge.

• Black citizens voted.

• Any white Alabamian who had been in the army could not vote.

• Any white Alabamian who had held a government position in the past could not run again for office.

What did Alabama's leaders encourage people to do to make growing cotton more profitable?

• Stop growing it.

• Grow more of it.

• Make cotton into cloth in the state.

• Send cotton out of the state to make it into cloth.

Why was the Port of Mobile enlarged?

• so more fish could swim

• so more ocean going ships could get in

• so more people could swim

• so more cotton could grow

What group of people were given the right to vote immediately after the Civil War?

• African American men

• African American women

• White women

• Children