Alabama History
Ch. 8 Study Guide
1. Why was the South a more popular location for textile mills than the North?
Textile workers in the South worked for less pay
2. What had both positive and negative effects on Alabama farmers in 1915?
The boll weevil invasion
3. Between 1860 and 1910 the number of farms in Alabamaincreased.
4. As less cotton was being bought from Alabama, how did farmers cut costs?
They paid workers less money
5. How did Governor Comer get money to reform education in Alabama?
He made changes in the tax system which gave they state more money
6. How did Governor Thomas Kilby help people in Alabama learn to read?
He funded a program that helped people learn to read and write
7. During the early 1900s, education in Alabama went through three changes. What were the changes?
more money was available, reading and writing program was funded, and more schools were built
8. What development in technology changed the way Alabamians could communicate in the late 1800s? the telephone
9. What joined coal and iron as one of Alabama’s biggest industries after 1900?steel
10. What new form of transportation was established between Birmingham and Atlanta in 1928? Passenger airline
11. Why did Alabama set up a highway department in 1911? Automobiles were becoming popular
12. How did streetcars help growing populations in Alabama cities? Streetcars carried people to the suburbs
13. Which of the following was NOT caused by new technologies?
A. It was easier and faster to communicate
B. Cameras were no longer used.
C. New inventions saved time in the home.
D. Jobs in new industries were available.
14. What is the main reason the Bourbon Redeemers wanted a new constitution?
To take the right to vote away from African American men and poor men
15. Who ratified the Constitution of 1901? Alabama voters
16. What was debated at the constitutional convention in 1901?
who should have the right to vote in Alabama
17. What happened to the Constitution of 1901 on November 11, 1901?
It was ratified.
18. What effect did the Constitution of 1901 have on women?
It did not give them the right to vote.
19. How did the new voting requirements make it difficult for poor men to vote?
They had to own property and pay a poll tax.
20. How did delegates to the 1901 constitutional convention make it nearly impossible for African American men to vote?
They made new voting requirements.
DISCUSSION:
1. How did new voting requirements in the Constitution of 1901 make it difficult for African American men and poor men to vote?
They 1901 Constitution required voters to pay a poll tax, own property, be able to read and write, and have been involved in a lawful business.
(This answer will vary from student to student)