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Alabama History Chapter 7
Study cards for Chapter 7 Alabama History
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4th Grade
11/17/2011

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Democrats

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The Constitution of 1901 was written because _______________ were worried that poor whites and blacks might vote them out of office
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Constitution of 1901
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Voters had to be able to read and write, pay a poll tax, and own property under what constitution
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Progressives

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People who wanted to improve the lives of Alabamians were called
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Booker T. Washington
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Tuskegee University was built by
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hydroelectric dams

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To bring electricity to people living in Alabama cities, a group of men built man
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Wilbur and Orville Wright

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___________flew the first motorized aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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telephone, automobile, telegraph

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Three inventions that made life better for people in the early 1900’s were the
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Germany

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In World War I, Britain, France, and the United States fought against
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the Great War
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World War I was known as __________________ because many countries were involved in the war
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”The Roaring Twenties”
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The years following World War I are known as ________________ because everything seemed to move so fast
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Alabama women
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To gain the right to vote, many___________________made speeches, marched in parades, and held rallies
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consumer goods
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Goods, as in food and clothing that satisfy human needs
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diplomatic relations
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Communication between countries, especially in negotiating treaties and agreements
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boll weevil

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A small beetle that damages cotton
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disfranchise

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To deprive a person of rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote
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poll tax
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A fee paid in order to vote
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war bonds
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Certificates bought by citizens to help the government pay the expenses of war
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emancipation
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The act of setting free, as from slavery
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suffragette
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Women who worked for the voting rights of women
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