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Define poll tax
What is a fee paid in order to vote
100
Goods, as in food and clothing that satisfy human needs are _________________.
What is consumer goods.
100
Who flew the first motorized aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and later moved their operation to Montgomery, Alabama?
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
100
Name three inventions that made life better for people in the early 1900's.
What are telephone, automobile, telegraph, street cars, and wireless radio.
100
What did many Alabama women do to gain the right to vote?
What is made speeches, marched in parades, and held rallies.
200
Define disfranchise
What is to deprive a person of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
200
A small beetle that damages cotton is ______________.
What is boll weevil.
200
Under the Constitution of 1901, voters had to do what 3 things?
What are be able to read and write, pay a poll tax, and own property.
200
The years following World War I are known as "The Roaring Twenties" because ___________________.
What is everything seemed to move so fast.
200
Who was known for research on peanuts?
Who is George Washington Carver.
300
Define emancipation
What is the act of setting free, as from slavery.
300
Women who worked for the voting rights of women are known as __________.
Who are suffragettes.
300
Who built Tuskegee University?
Who is Booker T. Washington.
300
In WWI, what two countries fought along with the United States?
Who are Britain and France.
300
Who started the University of West Alabama, where women could be trained for the classroom?
Who is Julia Tutwiler.
400
Define missionary
What is one sent to do religious work in a foreign country.
400
What are certificates bought by citizens to help the government pay the expenses of war?
What are war bonds.
400
To bring electricity to people living in Alabama cities, a group of men built many ______________.
What are hydroelectric dams.
400
What country was the enemy in WWI?
What is Germany.
400
She was put in 1st grade at the age of 30 and later became a teacher and missionary in Africa.
Who is Maria Fearing.
500
Define diplomatic relations
What is communication between countries, especially in negotiating treaties and agreements.
500
Who are people who wanted to improve the lives of Alabamians?
Who are progressives/
500
Why was the Constitution of 1901 written?
What is because the Democrats were worried that poor whites and blacks might vote them out of office.
500
Explain why WWI was known as the Great War.
What is because so many countries were involved in the war.
500
How did Lewis Hine help the children of Alabama?
What is took pictures of children working many hours for very low wages that lead to labor laws for children.