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Ch. 6 History Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the 5 Alabama Capitol locations?

a)

Fort Payne, Birmingham, Montgomery, Cahawba, Chattanooga

b)

St. Stephens, Cahaba, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery

2.

How could problems at Cahaba have been avoided if they had listened to the Indians?

a)

The capitol would've been prettier

b)

The capitol wouldn't have flooded

c)

The capitol would've been more popular

3.

What happened to the first capitol building in Montgomery?

a)

Flooded

b)

Had termites and needed rebuilt

c)

Burned down

4.

Alabama men had to work on the roads 10 days per year. How is this like paying a tax?

a)

It was their contribution for getting to use the roads

b)

because every one was told to chip in

c)

they didn't have jobs so this gave them something to do

5.

What were post roads?

a)

roads with posts on them

b)

roads the mail was transferred on

c)

roads named after someone with the name Post

6.

What types of boats transferred people or goods?

a)

canoes

b)

steamboats

c)

sailboats

7.

How was the first train in Alabama powered?

a)

steam

b)

horses

c)

donkeys

8.

What were the major coalfields?

a)

DeKalb, Jackson, Jefferson

b)

Franklin, Coosa, Cahaba

c)

Warrior, Coosa, Cahawba

9.

What county had the first iron industry in the state?

a)

DeKalb

b)

Etowah

c)

Franklin

10.

How do you know that religion was important in the lives of the early Alabamians?

a)

They started building churches everywhere

b)

They talked nicer to each other

c)

They prayed a lot more

11.

Why do you think preachers traveled around?

a)

they liked traveling

b)

there weren't enough preachers for every church

c)

they got mad at the congregation and left

12.

Why did some children only attend school for part of the year?

a)

They didn't like school very much

b)

to help their parents work in the fields

c)

to watch their siblings like a babysitter

13.

Where were the Indians of Alabama sent after the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

a)

Natchez Trace

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Indian Territory

14.

How did a few American Indians avoid being sent to Indian Territory?

a)

they fought back

b)

they died before being sent

c)

they hid in swamps, bushes, and trees

15.

Why was the removal of Indians called the Trail of Tears?

a)

it was very sad for them to be forced to leave their home

b)

the trail was wet from flooding

c)

the trail was hard to walk and it made them cry

16.

a boat that can go up or downstream is

a)

flatboat

b)

keelboat

c)

foundry

17.

house of worship for Jewish people

a)

dome

b)

census

c)

synagogue

18.

pledge

a)

oath

b)

capitol

c)

dome

19.

using a blast of hot air to melt iron from iron ore

a)

blast furnace

b)

artesian well

c)

census

20.

wide, flat-bottomed boat

a)

keelboat

b)

flatboat

c)

ship

21.

an official count of people in an area

a)

oath

b)

census

c)

capitol

22.

a place for casting metal

a)

furnace

b)

foundry

c)

synagogue

23.

a roof that is round

a)

dome

b)

well

c)

round

24.

the building where legislation meets

a)

synagogue

b)

capitol

c)

artesian well

25.

produces flowing water without pumps, cools the walls down

a)

blast furnace

b)

capitol

c)

artesian well