1. Which of these grew after Reconstruction?

A. lumber mills
B. cotton mills
C. iron factories
D. all of the above

2. Immediately after the Civil War, women were allowed to vote.

True
False

3. After the Civil War, many ___________ ___________ were set up in southern Alabama to make use of fast-growing pines that grew there.

A. cotton gins
B. lumber mills
C. boom towns
D. Magic Cities

4. Birmingham was called the ___________ ___________ because the population and industry grew very quickly in a short period of time.

A. Boom Town
B. Golden City
C. Magic City

6. Chemists found a way to make cotton seeds into which of these products?

A. fertilizer
B. coal
C. soap

7. Two of the following towns became "boom towns" because of their proximity, or closeness, to Birmingham. Which did NOT?

A. Bessemer
B. Gadsden
C. Montgomery

8. Alabama established ___________ ___________ laws that kept African Americans from using the same facilities as white people.

A. Black Code
B. Boom Town
C. Jim Crow
D. Golden City

9. The port of ___________ was enlarged to allow ocean-going ships to enter it.

A. Mobile
B. Anniston
C. Birmingham

The port of Mobile was enlarged so that ocean-going ships could enter it.

True
False

10. When the Alabama Constitution was rewritten, which of the following things was NOT included?

A. No more public schools were allowed to be built.
B. State officials were to be elected instead of appointed.
C. Taxes were lowered for poor people.

11. Immediately after the Civil War, Alabama government was restored with the same power it had before.

True
False

12. Growing cotton was the main industry in Alabama before the Civil War.

True
False

13. Which of the following changes took place that made the cotton industry into a more profitable business?

A. More cotton mills were built.
B. Cotton mills that were destroyed during the Civil War were rebuilt.
C. Faster steamboats and railroads were built.
D. all of the above

14. In order to make raising cotton a more profitable industry, Alabama's leaders encouraged the making of cotton into cloth right here in the state.

True
False