The American Vision Volume 1, Alabama Edition

Chapter/Alabama : Alabama Special Report

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Who was the leader of the first European expedition to what is today Alabama?
A)Tristan de Luna
B)Hernando De Soto
C)Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
D)Bernando de Galvez
2
Which of the following was an effect of the British winning the French and Indian War?
A)The Native Americans of the Alabama region were forced to move out.
B)The area known as Alabama today was flooded with British settlers.
C)The area that is today Alabama became a Spanish territory.
D)The region that is today Alabama fell under British control.
3
Name the battle that ended the fighting between Red Stick Creeks and Americans.
A)the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
B)the Battle of Fort Mims
C)the Battle of Red Sticks
D)the Battle of Tallapoosa River
4
When did Alabama achieve statehood?
A)December 14, 1818
B)December 14, 1819
C)December 14, 1820
D)December 19, 1814
5
Which of the following was a cause of Alabama seceding from the Union?
A)People celebrating Alabama as a "sovereign and independent state"
B)Northern delegates supporting popular sovereignty
C)Abraham Lincoln winning the presidential election
D)the Democratic National Convention not being able to nominate a presidential candidate
6
Many Alabamians were disappointed when Virginia joined the Confederacy because ___________.
A)they felt Virginians weren't true Southerners.
B)they believed the state of Virginia was too close to the states of the Union.
C)Montgomery wasn't the capital of the Confederacy any longer.
D)all the major munitions factories were moved from Alabama to Virginia.
7
Why was it ironic that General James H. Wilson marched into Montgomery on April 12, 1865?
A)The Civil War had already ended by then.
B)Thousands of Confederates were killed by the Union fighters.
C)The much smaller Confederate army crushed Wilson's troops.
D)Alabama governor Thomas Hill Watts had evacuated the city days earlier.
8
Some Alabamians tried to restrict the freedom of African Americans by
A)joining the Ku Klux Klan and supporting the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.
B)supporting laws called "black codes" and assisting the work of the Freedmen's Bureau.
C)supporting the Civil Rights Act and questioning the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau.
D)joining the Ku Klux Klan and supporting laws called "black codes."
9
All the following are reasons why many registered voters decided not to cast their votes in the ratification of the new state constitution EXCEPT ____________.
A)they opposed ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment
B)if fewer than half of the registered voters cast their ballots, the constitution would not be ratified
C)they felt the issue was not important
D)they objected to African Americans having the right to vote
10
Which one of the following was NOT a factor ensuring Democratic victory in the 1874 elections?
A)violence against African American and Republican voters
B)cover up of railroad scandals and mismanagement of state finances
C)widespread voter fraud
D)criticism toward the efforts of African American legislators to end segregation in schools
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