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

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farming
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In the early 1800s the majority of people living in Alabama made their living by
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Yeoman
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Type of farmer who lived on small farms and produced enough food to feed their own families
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rivers

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Most plantations were located near
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Harriet
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The first slaves were brought to Alabama in 1721 aboard a ship named
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folkways

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Songs, stories, and superstitions that the slaves brought with them from Africa were called
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county seat
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The courthouse where people could write down or document deeds and other legal papers was located in the
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Mobile

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The states largest town during the early to mid 1800s
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riverboat, railroad, or wagon
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Three methods of travel during the early to mid 1800s were
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bridges

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Horace King was well-known for building
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Daniel Pratt
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An industrialist who built factories in Alabama during the mid 1800s
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William Rufus King
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Who was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic Party ticket in 1852
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2 miles
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How long was the first railroad in Alabama that ran from Tuscumbia to Muscle Shoals
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Eli Whitney
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He invented the cotton gin in 1793
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industrialist

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Owners or managers of factories
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sixteenth section lands
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Units of surveyed land, often set aside for schools
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tutor
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A teacher
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coffle

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A train of slaves fastened together
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homespun
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A loosely woven fabric made of linen or wool
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abolitionist
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People who did not support slavery
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toll roads
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