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WorksheetsCh. 6 History Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What were the 5 Alabama Capitol locations?
Fort Payne, Birmingham, Montgomery, Cahawba, Chattanooga
St. Stephens, Cahaba, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery
How could problems at Cahaba have been avoided if they had listened to the Indians?
The capitol would've been prettier
The capitol wouldn't have flooded
The capitol would've been more popular
What happened to the first capitol building in Montgomery?
Flooded
Had termites and needed rebuilt
Burned down
Alabama men had to work on the roads 10 days per year. How is this like paying a tax?
It was their contribution for getting to use the roads
because every one was told to chip in
they didn't have jobs so this gave them something to do
What were post roads?
roads with posts on them
roads the mail was transferred on
roads named after someone with the name Post
What types of boats transferred people or goods?
canoes
steamboats
sailboats
How was the first train in Alabama powered?
steam
horses
donkeys
What were the major coalfields?
DeKalb, Jackson, Jefferson
Franklin, Coosa, Cahaba
Warrior, Coosa, Cahawba
What county had the first iron industry in the state?
DeKalb
Etowah
Franklin
How do you know that religion was important in the lives of the early Alabamians?
They started building churches everywhere
They talked nicer to each other
They prayed a lot more
Why do you think preachers traveled around?
they liked traveling
there weren't enough preachers for every church
they got mad at the congregation and left
Why did some children only attend school for part of the year?
They didn't like school very much
to help their parents work in the fields
to watch their siblings like a babysitter
Where were the Indians of Alabama sent after the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Natchez Trace
Trail of Tears
Indian Territory
How did a few American Indians avoid being sent to Indian Territory?
they fought back
they died before being sent
they hid in swamps, bushes, and trees
Why was the removal of Indians called the Trail of Tears?
it was very sad for them to be forced to leave their home
the trail was wet from flooding
the trail was hard to walk and it made them cry
a boat that can go up or downstream is
flatboat
keelboat
foundry
house of worship for Jewish people
dome
census
synagogue
pledge
oath
capitol
dome
using a blast of hot air to melt iron from iron ore
blast furnace
artesian well
census
wide, flat-bottomed boat
keelboat
flatboat
ship
an official count of people in an area
oath
census
capitol
a place for casting metal
furnace
foundry
synagogue
a roof that is round
dome
well
round
the building where legislation meets
synagogue
capitol
artesian well
produces flowing water without pumps, cools the walls down
blast furnace
capitol
artesian well
