Chapter 5 Alabama History

Alabama's earliest settlers bought their land before they cleared it for a home.

• True

• False

Most of Alabama's first settlers were from South America

• True

• False

The first salve ship to come to America was a Dutch ship

• True

• False

Alabama is home to basically one culture

• True

• False

The planters were so busy they did not have any social life.

• True

• False

How did black people first settle in Alabama?

• The Spaniard Hernando de Soto brought African men with him

• They were tired of living in North Carolina and moved to Alabama

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

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

How did the cotton gin change Alabama?

• Less slaves were needed to work in the fields

• The production of cotton diminished

• The cotton harvest increased to 1/4 of Alabama's total crop

• The cotton harvest increased to the U.S total crop

Why did the French settlers move to cities along the Gulf Coast?

• They were trying to escape the mosquitoes in northern Alabama

• Life there was more like that they had known in France

• They enjoyed growing olive trees in middle Alabama

• They wanted to live differently than they had in France

Bringing slaves into the U.S was against the law after what year?

• 1865

• 1850

• 1808

• 1832

Slave Codes were laws that

• Gave the slaves more freedoms than they would have otherwise

• Were used when slaves married

• Were made to control the slaves in every way

• Were in the best interests of all slaves