WorksheetsAlabama Studies Weekly Week 20
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which of the following was not one of the Populist Party’s ideas?
lower railroad rates on farm products
repeal the 17th Amendment
put more money into circulation
allow all voters to vote on U.S. senators
What two new kinds of schools were founded in Alabama in 1872?
culinary school and journalism college
theology school and anthropology college
performing arts school and political science college
normal school and land grant college
What was Booker T. Washington’s new educational idea?
frequent testing
mind palace technique
learning by doing
mind-body connection
How many years passed between when Pattie Ruffner Jacobs started the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association and when women received the right to vote?
3
6
9
12
What is a dogtrot house?
a building next to a dog race track
a house just a “dog trot” away from Main Street
a house with a dog kennel out back
a house where early settlers lived
How did some Southern governments find a way to discriminate against African Americans after the Civil War?
They rewrote their constitution.
They closed down the State Ethics Administration buildings.
They snuck discriminatory laws into larger Congressional bills.
They kept using pre-Civil War law books.
Approximately how many African American soldiers served between 1917–1919 in World War II?
3,500
35,000
350,000
3,500,000
Which person started first grade as a 33-year-old, but ended up becoming a teacher in Africa?
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Helen Keller
W. C. Handy
Maria Fearing
