History week 16 Friday test

In order to make _____ a more profitable crop. Leaders encouraged it to be made into cloth in then state.

• polyester

• lace

• cotton

• silk

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

• Tallassee

• Birmingham

• Mobile

• Huntsville

Immediately after the Civil War, ________ were not allowed to vote.

• men

• senior citizens

• children

• women

Growing _________ was the main industry before the Civil War.

• cotton

• tobacco

• corn

• beans

When the Alabama Constitution was rewritten, which of these things were included?

• taxes were lowered, state officials were appointed instead of elected

• taxes were raised, state officials were to be elected instead of appointed

• taxes were lowered, state officials were to be elected instead of appointed

• taxes were raised, state officials were to be appointed instead of elected

What grew after the reconstruction?

• lumber mills, cotton mills, iron factories

• plantations, iron factories

• lumber mills, schools

• cotton mills, clothes factories

Chemists found a way to make cotton seeds into _______.

• lotion

• plastic

• soal

• paper

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

• Jim Smith

• Jim Crow

• John Smith

• Tom Crow

After the CIvil War, may ________ were set up in Southern Alabama to make use of fast-growing pines that grew there.

• plantations

• iron factories

• cotton mills

• lumber mills

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

• Magic City

• Fun City

• Growth CIty

• Industry CIty