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WorksheetsWeek 12 Alabama Studies
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why did so many people move to Alabama in the early 1800s?
The economy in the eastern states wasn’t doing well.
The price of livestock had gone way up.
They wanted to move to a big city.
They were running from crimes they had committed.
Who were indentured servants?
servants with wooden teeth
immigrants working to repay their passage to America
young people learning a trade
servants who lived inside the main house
How did children help to build cabins?
They rubbed oil on the saws while the men cut down the trees.
They dug the cabin’s cellar.
They provided entertainment after the work was done.
They mixed mud, sticks, and rocks to fill the spaces between the logs.
True or False: Alabama was originally part of the Mississippi Territory.
True
False
Some of Alabama’s first schools were established by:
police officers
politicians
pottery makers
preachers
Which Europeans first settled around the Mobile River?
English
Spanish
Danish
French
Why was the kitchen often located away from the main house on a plantation?
so that the food had time to cool while it was brought to the house
so that the main house could be kept cooler
so that the kitchen could be guarded from wild animals
so that the smells of cooking would not distract people from their work
What did schoolchildren use for ink in early Alabama?
charcoal sticks
cinnamon powder soaked in water overnight
squid ink from Mobile Bay
fluids from animals
According to the article, which was NOT a danger of transporting cargo on a steamboat?
steamboat racing
boiler explosion
American Indian attack
river pirates
Why did farmers ignore the Black Belt to begin with?
It was too far away
It was too mountainous.
The soil was too difficult to plow.
Investors had already bought it.
Why were hogs a popular animal to raise?
Their meat was easy to prepare.
They were friendly.
They cost less to raise than cattle.
They were good at finding mushrooms.
What were the Piney Woods and Wiregrass regions suitable for?
building factories
starting plantations
subsistence farming
raising cattle
How long did the slave trade from Africa to America last?
50 years
100 years
200 years
500 years
