Alabama History Studies Weekly #10

How did the first black people settle in the South?

• They were tired of living in Africa and moved.

• The King of France sent them to work in the cotton fields

• They asked the King of England to send them to America

• A Spanish colony was set up in Georgia

Why did pioneers build their cabins out of logs?

• Bricks were too expensive

• log cabins were more desired than brick houses

• trees were easily available

• log cabins provided better insulation from the wind

Kids helped build log cabins.

• True

• False

In just 10 years, between 1810 - 1820, the population of Alabama grew by 100 percent.

• False

• True

People that came to Alabama were looking for _____.

• Gold

• Jobs

• Land

• homes

People came to Alabama by _____.

• walking

• flatboats

• wagonloads

• all of the above

Kids in frontier Alabama studied music, art, history & sports.

• True

• False

Most poor, white frontier families owned slaves.

• True

• False

Most people on the frontier lived in_____.

• log cabins

• brick homes

• plantations

• shacks

Ministers that rode throughout the countryside preaching outdoors were called circuit riders.

• True

• False