Week 16 Practice

In order to make raising cotton a more profitable industry, Alabama's leaders encouraged the making of cotton into cloth right here in the state.

• True

• False

The port of Mobile was enlarged so that ocean-going ships could enter it.

• True

• False

Immediately after the Civil War, women were allowed to vote.

• True

• False

Immediately after the Civil War, Alabama government was restored with the same power it had before.

• True

• False

Growing cotton was the main industry in Alabama before the Civil War.

• True

• False

Which towns became "boom towns" because of their proximity, or closeness, to Birmingham.

• Birmingham

• Gadsden

• Montgomery

When the Alabama Constitution was rewritten, which of these things were 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 industries grew after Reconstruction?

• lumber mills

• cotton mills

• iron factories

What 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.

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

• fertilizer

• coal

• soap