Alabama History- Ch
Alabama History- Ch. 7
1. In 1909 members of the Niagara Movement formed the NAACP.
2. Montgomery artist Anne Goldthwaite painted scenes of the Black Belt.
3. In the early 1900s, people lost money and jobs as the cotton industry slowed.
4. Some African American women moved to urban areas to find domestic work.
5. Women participated by social reform, jobs in textile mills, and domestic jobs in the late 19th century.
6. The change that occurred in education was that Alabamians could attend public schools.
7. Normal schools trained mainly elementary teachers.
8. Textile manufacturing was a growing industry that drew workers from rural areas to urban areas.
9. Booker T. Washington opened an institute to train African Americans for jobs in industry.
10. W. C. Handy was a musician and composer who created a new form of music called the blues.
11. Maria Fearing taught many students in Calhoun County, Alabama.
12. Julia Tutwiler was in the education field.
13. Europeans began buying cotton from Egypt and India because cotton was cheaper there than in Alabama.
14. By 1900 cotton was NOT a major export of Alabama.
15. Coal, iron, and lumber companies built towns to have places in which their workers could live.
16. This statement us UNTRUE of Birmingham in the late 1800s: It was the state’s largest city.
17. Developments in transportation affected Alabama’s industries because they could ship products to other states and countries.
18. Weather DID NOT help Alabama become center of coal and iron production in the South.
19. This event happened first: Pig iron was produced.
20. Rich mineral deposits were located near Birmingham, Alabama.
DISCUSSION:
✓ Why did many people move to Birmingham in the late 1800s?
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