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The New South Era

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between a sharecropper and a tenant farmer?

a)

Sharecroppers got seeds, equipment, and anything else needed to make a crop from their landowner.

b)

Sharecroppers owned their own land and did not share their profits.

c)

Tenant farmers usually owned their own livestock and equipment.

d)

Tenant farmers were best friends with the owners of the land

2.

____________ is a rock containing enough iron to be mined for profit.

a)

coal

b)

iron ore

c)

lime stone

d)

steel

3.

________began as a railroad crossroads.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Anniston

c)

Mobile

d)

Birmingham

4.

What kind of schools trained mainly elementary teachers?

a)

Tuskegee University

b)

Elementary Schools

c)

Normal Schools

d)

L. Baker's School of Teaching

5.

Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for African Americans?

a)

Julia Tutwiler

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Jim Crow

d)

Plessy

6.

Most cotton mills were built close to where the cotton was _________.

a)

dying

b)

used to make shirts

c)

far away

d)

grown

7.

____________ are goods brought into our country from another country.

a)

Exports

b)

Goods

c)

Imports

d)

Exit Slips

8.

What are three raw materials that Alabama had that were excellent for industry?

a)

coal

b)

rocks

c)

iron

d)

limestone

9.

Goods sent from our country to another country are called _________.

a)

boxes

b)

shipping

c)

imports

d)

exports

10.

__________ were the main reason towns and cities grew during the years after Reconstruction; they connected towns and offered access to places outside the state.

a)

Steamboats

b)

Railroads

c)

Cars

d)

Airplanes

11.

Although there were a lot of areas making progress in Alabama, what was still causing problems?

a)

Scalawags

b)

Plessy vs Ferguson

c)

Black Codes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

12.

__________ means change.

a)

Export

b)

Growing tired

c)

Upset

d)

Reform

13.

What school used to be called Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama?

a)

Alabama Sate University

b)

Tuskegee University

c)

Auburn University

d)

Normal School

14.

Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for African Americans?

a)

Julia Tutwiler

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Norma Fearing

d)

George Washington Carver

15.

What organization has worked to end prejudice against African Americans?

a)

LES

b)

KKK

c)

NAACP

16.

In 1893, women were admitted to________________ the for the first time.

a)

Auburn University

b)

Tuskegee

c)

University of Alabama

d)

Leinkauf Elementary

17.

_________was founded by Henry DeBardeleben and grew into a center for steel production.

a)

Birmingham

b)

Anniston

c)

Mobile

d)

Bessemer

18.

____________ became Alabama’s second largest city

a)

Birmingham

b)

Anniston

c)

Mobile

d)

New Mexico

19.

__________ is an unfair dislike against a person or group of people.

a)

Segregation

b)

Black and White

c)

Export

d)

Prejudice