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WorksheetsThe New South Era
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins
What is the difference between a sharecropper and a tenant farmer?
Sharecroppers got seeds, equipment, and anything else needed to make a crop from their landowner.
Sharecroppers owned their own land and did not share their profits.
Tenant farmers usually owned their own livestock and equipment.
Tenant farmers were best friends with the owners of the land
____________ is a rock containing enough iron to be mined for profit.
coal
iron ore
lime stone
steel
________began as a railroad crossroads.
Mississippi
Anniston
Mobile
Birmingham
What kind of schools trained mainly elementary teachers?
Tuskegee University
Elementary Schools
Normal Schools
L. Baker's School of Teaching
Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for African Americans?
Julia Tutwiler
Booker T. Washington
Jim Crow
Plessy
Most cotton mills were built close to where the cotton was _________.
dying
used to make shirts
far away
grown
____________ are goods brought into our country from another country.
Exports
Goods
Imports
Exit Slips
What are three raw materials that Alabama had that were excellent for industry?
coal
rocks
iron
limestone
Goods sent from our country to another country are called _________.
boxes
shipping
imports
exports
__________ were the main reason towns and cities grew during the years after Reconstruction; they connected towns and offered access to places outside the state.
Steamboats
Railroads
Cars
Airplanes
Although there were a lot of areas making progress in Alabama, what was still causing problems?
Scalawags
Plessy vs Ferguson
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
__________ means change.
Export
Growing tired
Upset
Reform
What school used to be called Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama?
Alabama Sate University
Tuskegee University
Auburn University
Normal School
Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for African Americans?
Julia Tutwiler
Booker T. Washington
Norma Fearing
George Washington Carver
What organization has worked to end prejudice against African Americans?
LES
KKK
NAACP
In 1893, women were admitted to________________ the for the first time.
Auburn University
Tuskegee
University of Alabama
Leinkauf Elementary
_________was founded by Henry DeBardeleben and grew into a center for steel production.
Birmingham
Anniston
Mobile
Bessemer
____________ became Alabama’s second largest city
Birmingham
Anniston
Mobile
New Mexico
__________ is an unfair dislike against a person or group of people.
Segregation
Black and White
Export
Prejudice
