WorksheetsAlabama History
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
____ laws kept blacks from using the same public facilities as whites.
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow
Social
Reconstruction
A ______ lived in a house on the property of the landowner, grew crops, and gave a portion of the harvest to the landowner.
sharecropper
tenant farmer
teacher
lawyer
The name "Alabama" comes from a Choctaw word that means "clearers of the thicket."
true
false
The early settlers to Alabama were mostly
business and bankers
pilgrims and pharoahs
royalty and slaves
farmers and hunters
The early settlers came to Alabama in
helicopters, trains, and buses
wagons, carts, horses, mules, or by walking
boats, cars, jeeps, bulldozers, and caterpillars
power boats, river barges, paddlewheelers, and canoes
Many people have moved to Alabama because of:
mild weather, good soil, plenty of water, and lots of natural resources
tornadoes, hurricanes, sleet, and hail
its closeness to the beach
good football teams
_________ came first to the land we call Alabama.
Planetariums
Idioms
Pioneers
Journalists
The _______ is an area with deep, rich soil that grows bigger crops than other soils.
Cajun
Black Belt
Coastal Plain
Highland Rim
The first meeting of the Alabama Territory's legislature was
made of 13 men and held January 19, 1818.
made of 13 men and women and held January 19, 1818.
made of 25 men and held on January 19, 1865.
made of 25 men and held on January 19, 1840.
What is the capital city of Alabama?
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Huntsville
Which river is the longest in Alabama?
Tennessee River
Alabama River
Coosa River
Black Warrior River
Who was the first European explorer to reach Alabama?
Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de León
Ferdinand Magellan
In which year did Alabama become a state of the United States?
1819
1820
1836
1845
Which Native American tribe was primarily located in Alabama before European settlement?
Cherokee
Choctaw
Creek
Seminole
What is the state bird of Alabama?
Northern Mockingbird
Yellowhammer
Bald Eagle
Cardinal
