Ch. 8 Test
1. Why did the Bourbon Redeemers want a new constitution?
a) To be independent of the U.S.
b) To take voting rights away from all men
c) So African American and poor men couldn't vote
2. What was debated at the 1901 constitutional convention?
a) Who in America should have the right to vote
b) The place for a new capital
c) The election of a new governor
3. What was the effect of the 1901 Constitution on women?
a) Gave them more power in the government
b) Required every woman to have a job
c) Did NOT give them the right to vote
4. How did the 1901 constitution make it almost impossible for African American men to vote?
a) They made new voting requirements.
b) They made them go to meetings.
c) They made them buy land.
5. How did the new voting requirements make it difficult for poor men to vote?
a) They had to own a large home
b) They had of own property and pay a poll tax
c) They had to be a plantation owner
6. What happened to the 1901 Constitution on November 11, 1901?
a) It was rewritten
b) It was burned
c) It was ratified
7. Who ratified the Constitution of 1901?
a) Alabama voters
b) the governor
c) the President
8. How did Governor Comer get money for education?
a) Students had to pay fees
b) He asked the US government
c) He changed the tax system
9. How did Governor Kilby help people learn to read?
a) He tutored kids in his home.
b) He became a teacher.
c) He created a program to teach people to read and write.
10. What was NOT a change that happened to Alabama schools in the 1900s?
a) More money was given to schools
b) No schools were built
c) Money was given to teach people to read and write
11. What technology changed the way Alabamians communicated?
a) vacuum cleaner
b) refrigerator
c) telephone
12. What improvement was made to cameras in the early 1900s?
a) They were smaller.
b) They reduced red eye.
c) They were larger.
13. How did streetcars help Alabama cities grow?
a) Streetcars took people to the suburbs.
b) People could sleep on streetcars
c) New cities grew around streetcars
14. Why did Alabama make a Highway Department in 1911?
a) To repair automobiles
b) To sell automobiles
c) Cars were becoming popular
15. What transportation was created between Birmingham and Atlanta in 1928?
a) a train
b) a highway
c) an airplane
16. Coal, iron, and what other industry was big in Alabama after 1900?
a) glass
b) lumber
c) steel
17. Why was the South more popular than the North for textile mills?
a) Southerners worked for less pay
b) There were more workers.
c) There was child labor in the North.
18. Between 1860 and 1910 the number of Alabama farms
a) increased
b) decreased
c) stayed the same
19. How did Alabama farmers cut costs in order to make cotton cheaper?
a) They started raising catfish.
b) They moved to new farms.
c) They paid workers less money.
20. What was both positive and negative for farmers in 1915?
a) decreased demand for cotton
b) the boll weevil invasion
c) changes in the climate