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Alabama History Chapter 9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There was no need for textile mills in Alabama after the Civil War

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Julia Tutwiler fought for education for women.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Sharecroppers owned their own tools and farm animals.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Dr. George Washington Carver worked hard to build the Tuskegee Institute.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Before 1900 there were no child labor laws to prevent very young children from being hired to work.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

After the Civil War the Freedman's Bureau

a)

knew slaves were tired of working so they left them alone.

b)

tried to help African Americans find work.

c)

was not satisfied with the quality of work African Americans produced.

d)

was tired of being helpful.

7.

The last half of the 19th century was an important time for

a)

Alabama industry.

b)

Alabama cotton farming.

c)

buying more slaves.

d)

making war materials.

8.

In the late 1800s Alabamians traveled from town to town mainly by

a)

horseback.

b)

stagecoach.

c)

railroad.

d)

walking.

9.

The first schools after the Civil War were open about four months a year because

a)

the students learned quickly and did not need to be in school longer.

b)

the schools could not afford to pay a teacher longer than four months.

c)

winter months were too cold to go to school.

d)

children were needed at home to work on the farm.

10.

Civil rights meant that

a)

certain groups are required to be more civil than others.

b)

everyone was not equal.

c)

everyone is due fair and equal treatment.

d)

wealthy persons are due fair and equal treatment.

11.

After the Civil War Alabama became one of America's leading

a)

iron- and steel-making states.

b)

corn-producing states.

c)

livestock-producing states.

d)

sharecropper states.

12.

The first railroads in Alabama were built in

a)

southern Alabama.

b)

western Alabama.

c)

southern and eastern Alabama.

d)

northern and central Alabama.

13.

The early 1900s rules for teachers allowed men, but not women, to

a)

vote.

b)

marry.

c)

fill the oil lamps.

d)

date.

14.

The 14th Amendment stated that

a)

some persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens.

b)

you must be born in the United States to be a citizen.

c)

all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens.

d)

women could vote.

15.

The ruling in the Louisiana case, Plessy v. Ferguson, led states to believe that

a)

separate-but-equal facilities for blacks and whites were legal.

b)

separate facilities for races were preferable.

c)

races need to share the same facilities.

d)

separate-but-equal facilities for blacks and whites were illegal.

16.

_____ had the country's first electric streetcar.

a)

Athens

b)

Birmingham

c)

Mobile

d)

Montgomery

17.

____ laws kept blacks from using the same public facilities as whites.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Social

d)

Reconstruction

18.

A ______ lived in a house on the property of the landowner, grew crops, and gave a portion of the harvest to the landowner.

a)

sharecropper

b)

tenant farmer

c)

teacher

d)

lawyer

19.

The _____ gave farmers and working people a chance to go to college by giving land grants to states for use in setting up colleges.

a)

tuition

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Morrill Act of 1862

d)

Trail of Tears

20.

The 13th Amendment abolished (did away with) ____.

a)

slavery

b)

voting

c)

marriage

d)

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