Question 1

Alabama's earliest settlers bought their land before they cleared it for a home.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 2

Most of Alabama's first settlers were from South America

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 3

The first slave ship to come to America was a Dutch ship.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 4

Alabama is home to basically one culture.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 5

The planters were so busy they did not have any social life.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

How did black people first settle in Alabama?

Accepted Answer

A.  The Spaniard Hernando de Soto brought African men with him.

Answer

D. The King of France sent them to work in the cotton fields.

Answer

B. They were tired of living in North Carolina and moved to Alabama.

Answer

C. They asked the King of England to send them to America.

Question 7

How did the cotton gin change Alabama?

Accepted Answer

D. The cotton harvest increased to 1/4 of the United States' total crop.

Answer

C.  The cotton harvested increased to 1/4 of Alabama's total crop.

Answer

B.  The production of cotton diminished.

Answer

A.  Less slaves were needed to work in the fields.

Question 8

Why did the French settlers move to cities along the Gulf Coast?

Accepted Answer

B. Life there was more like what they had known in France.

Answer

C. They enjoyed growing olive trees in middle Alabama

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D.  They wanted to live differently than they had in France.

Answer

A. They were trying to escape the mosquitoes in Northern Alabama

Question 9

Bringing slaves into the United States was against the law after

Accepted Answer

C. 1808

Answer

A. 1865

Answer

B. 1850

Answer

D. 1832

Question 10

Slave Codes were laws that

Accepted Answer

C. were made to control the slaves in every way.

Answer

D. were in the best interests of all slaves.

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B. were used when slaves married

Answer

A. gave the slaves more freedoms than they would have had otherwise.

Question 11

When slaves were sold,

Accepted Answer

D.  their families were often separated

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B. children were always sold with the mother

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C. children were always sold with the father.

Answer

A. the whole family was always sold together.

Question 12

The cotton gin was important because it

Accepted Answer

B.  took the seeds out of the cotton fiber.

Answer

A. helped plant the cotton seeds.

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D. spun the  short, white cotton fibers into thread.

Answer

C. wove the cotton threads into cloth.

Question 13

Former slave Horace King

Accepted Answer

A. was a covered bridge builder

Answer

B. was a professional basketball player

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D. served one term in the Alabama Legislature.

Answer

C. married a slave

Question 14

The first two roads into present-day Alabama used by the pioneers were the

Accepted Answer

C. Federal Road and the Natchez Trace.

Answer

A. Huntsville Road and the Alabama Road

Answer

D. Phenix CityRoad and the Federal Road.

Answer

B. Old Prattville Road and the Natchez Trace.

Question 15

Why did the pioneers build their cabins of logs?

Accepted Answer

B. Tree logs were easily available

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A. Bricks were too expensive

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D. Log cabins provided better insulation against the wind.

Answer

C. Log cabins were more desired than brick homes.

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