Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
majority of people living in Alabama made their living by a. | working in
textile mills | c. | building
steamships and railroads | b. | farming | d. | running small businesses | | | | |
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____________lived on small farms and produced enough food to feed their own
families. a. | planters
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workers | b. | workers | d. | yeoman farmers | | | | |
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Most
plantations were located near a. | busy roads | c. | rivers | b. | towns | d. | Mobile | | | | |
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The
first slaves were brought to Alabama in 1721 aboard a. | a Montgomery
steamship | c. | the Harriet, a
French ship | b. | river barges | d. | wagons from Georgia | | | | |
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Slaves brought ____________such as songs, stories, and superstitions with them from
Africa. a. | folkways | c. | memories | b. | oral traditions | d. | objects | | | | |
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At
the courthouse in the _____________people could write down or document deeds and other legal
papers. a. | state
capitol | c. | city of
Birmingham | b. | city of Mobile | d. | county east | | | | |
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During the early to mid 1800s__________________was the state’s largest
towns. a. | Mobile | c. | Birmingham | b. | Montgomery | d. | Huntsville | | | | |
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Matching
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a. | homespun | e. | tutor | b. | coffle | f. | sixteenth sections lands | c. | toll
roads | g. | abolitionist | d. | industrialists | | | | |
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8.
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a
loosely woven fabric made of linen or wool
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9.
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a
train of slaves fastened together
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10.
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one
must pay a fee to use
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11.
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owners or managers of factories
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12.
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a
teacher
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13.
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units
of surveyed land, often set aside for schools
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14.
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people who did not support slavery
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