Section 1
Did Alabama have use for textile mills after the war?
Yes. Textile mills increased in Alabama.
After the Civil War the ______________ tried to help African Americans find work.
Freedmen's Bureau
After the Civil War, Alabama become one of America's leading _____ and steel making states.
iron
_________ had the country's first electric streetcar
Montgomery
For what did Julia Tutwiler fight?
Education for Women.
The last half of the 19th century was an important time for Alabama _________.
Industry
The first railroads in Alabama were built in _________________.
northern and central Alabama
__________ laws kept blacks from using the same public facilities as whites.
Jim Crow
__________ farmers owned their own tools and farm animals.
Tennant
In the late 1800's Alabamians traveled from town to town mainly by __________.
railroad
List three of the early rules for teachers in Alabama:
Could not marry
Teachers will fill lamps and clean chimneys
Teachers will bring a bucket of water and a piece of coal each day
A ____________ lived in a house on the property of the landowner, grew crops, and gave a portion of the harvest to the landowner.
sharecropper
Dr. _______________ worked hard to build _________ Institute.
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee
Why were the first schools in Alabama open for about four months of the year?
Children were needed at home to work on the farm.
What does the 14th Amendment state?
All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens.
_____________ gave farmers and working people a chance to go to college by giving land grants to states for use in setting up colleges.
The Morrill Act of 1862
Before 1900 there were no ___________ to prevent very young children from being hired to work.
What does Civil Rights mean?
Everyone is due fair and equal treatment.
What did the ruling in the Louisiana case, Plessy v Ferguson, lead states to believe?
Separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites were legal
The 13th Amendment abolished (did away with) ________.
slavery