3.9 AL History Unit Test

Why did Alabama join other southern states in seceding from the Union?

• They thought the federal government needed to be stronger and have more control.

  
  

• They wanted to make sure they continued to have more industry and railroads than the northern states.

  
  

• They didn’t want their economies to be dependent on agricultural products, such as cotton.

  
  

• They thought individual states could make better decisions than the federal government about their local and state economies.

  
  

Why did Alabama join other southern states in seceding from the Union?

• Large landowners wanted to free enslaved people and invest in industries in the North.

  
  

• Large landowners wanted slavery to continue so they could continue making money from selling cotton.

  
  

• Large landowners wanted to share their profits with enslaved people, but the North disagreed.

  
  

• Large landowners were tired of farming cotton and wanted to try growing a different crop.

  
  

Where was the secession convention held during the organization of the Confederacy?

• Montgomery, Alabama

  
  

• Washington, DC

  
  

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

  
  

• Mobile, Alabama

  
  

What products did Alabama workers produce during the Civil War?

• African Americans in the Port of Montgomery produced railroad tracks.

  
  

• Women in Birmingham produced iron pots and pans for the Confederate troops.

  
  

• Steel workers in the Port of Mobile produced ironclad ships and submarines.

  
  

• Soldiers on leave from fighting helped steel workers produce plows for the cotton fields.

  
  

How was Alabama’s economy affected during the Civil War?

• Economic conditions improved because the Union Army built railroads and bridges for the state.

  
  

• Economic conditions worsened because the Union army destroyed Alabama’s railroads and bridges.

  
  

• Economic conditions worsened because the Confederacy destroyed Alabama’s railroads and bridges.

  
  

• Economic conditions improved because the state started shipping cotton to the North during the war.

  
  

What was the result of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• Jim Crow laws were encouraged.

  
  

• Citizenship rights were addressed.

  
  

• Slavery was abolished.

  
  

• Voting rights were weakened.

  
  

What was the purpose of the first Jim Crow law passed in Alabama?

• to encourage Black people and white people to attend the same schools

  
  

• to segregate poor white people from wealthy white people

  
  

• to encourage Black people to become sharecroppers to make a better living

  
  

• to segregate Black people and white people on railroads and city streetcars

  
  

What contribution did Booker T. Washington make in Alabama?

• He helped start a Black school in Tuskegee that encouraged people to rely on their own skill and abilities.

  
  

• He taught ironworkers and steelworkers how to produce better supplies for the Confederate Army.

  
  

• He was one of the first Black politicians to represent Alabama during Reconstruction.

  
  

• He was a famous and popular military leader during the Civil War.

  
  

What contribution did George Washington Carver make in the field of agriculture?

• He showed how to grow larger amounts of cotton in a shorter amount of time.

  
  

• He showed how to grow stronger corn and cotton plants.

  
  

• He showed how to rotate crops to improve the health of soil.

  
  

• He showed how to grow peaches and pecans instead of cotton.

  
  

Which group of people benefited most from Helen Keller’s life work?

• people who protested Jim Crow laws

  
  

• people who were sharecroppers for large landowners

  
  

• people who cared for soldiers during the Civil War

  
  

• people who were unable to speak or hear