Studies Weekly: Social and Economic change

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

• Montgomery

• Mobile

• Millbrook

Growing _ was the main industry in alabama before the Civil War.

• cotton

• apples

• coffee

• beans

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

• Magic City

• The Steel City

• The most beautiful city

After the civil war, many _______ were set up in southern Alabama to make use of fast growing pines that grew there.

• Lumber mills

• coal mines

• general stores

Chemists found a way to make cotton seeds into what product?

• steel

• markers

• coffee

• soap

Which town did NOT become a boom town because of its proximity to Birmingham?

• Montgomery

• Bessesmer

• Gadsden

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

• Jim Crow

• John Crow

• Jim Crane

• Jill Crow

What changes took place that made cotton 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

• More cattle were born to help pull the plows

Choose all that apply: what grew after Reconstruction.

• lumber mills

• cotton mills

• iron factories

• general store

• schools