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| What is the oldest geographical region in the state? |
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| What is the youngest land area in the state? |
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| Where is the Piedmont Plateau located? |
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| Which is the most important river in the Piedmont Plateau? |
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| Which mountains are located in Jackson and Madison Counties? |
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| What important city is located in the Chattahoochee valley? |
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| What important city is located in the Jones valley? |
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| What important city is located in the Wills valley? |
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| What important city is located in the Coosa valley? |
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| Gadsden, Anniston and Talladega |
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What counties are the Talladega Mountains located in?
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| Cleburne, Clay and Talladega |
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In what county are the Choccolocco Mountains?
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What county are the DeSoto Falls located in?
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What county is Russell Cave located in?
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What counties compose the Black Belt Region of Alabama?
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| It stretches across central Alabama from Marengo to Macon Counties and includes: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Wilcox |
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| What are the three most important counties in the Warrior Coal Field? |
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| Jefferson, Walker and Tuscaloosa |
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| What are the two important locations for Alabama's oil and gas reserves? |
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| Southwest and West-Central Alabama |
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| What three counties are important sources of oil and natural gas? |
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| Mobile, Escambia and Fayette |
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What boundary does the Chattahoochee form?
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| The eastern boundary with Georgia. |
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| Which river is the main tributary of the Alabama RIver? |
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| Which River separates the Appalachian and Piedmont Plateaus? |
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| Where is the Alabama river formed? |
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| At the union of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers in Northern Montgomery County. |
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| Who were the mound builders? |
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| An ancient people who build earth pyramids east of the Mississippi River. |
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| When did they live in Alabama? |
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| Along the Black Warrior River in Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties. |
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| What is the significance of Moundville? |
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| It has the nation's second largest collection of earth mounds. |
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| Where did the upper Creeks live? |
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| The Upper Creeks mainly lived in Eastern Alabama, east of the Coosa River. |
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| Where did the Lower Creeks live? |
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| The Lower Creeks lived along the Chattahoochee River in Southeast Alabama. |
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| What river served as the boundary between the Cherokees living in northeast Alabama and the Upper Creeks living in east Alabama? |
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| The Coosa River served as general boundary between what two tribes? |
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| The Cherokee living in northeast Alabama and the Upper Creeks living in east Alabama. |
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| Where did the Chickasaws live? Who did they displace to get there? Where did the displaced go? |
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| The Chickasaws lived in northwest Alabama in Colbert Co. and pushed the Cherokees out of the Tennessee Calley into the mountains of northeast Alabama. |
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| What river served as a general boundary between the Choctaws and the Creeks? |
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| Did the Creek men often wear a nose ring, disfigure their ears and wear a turban and feathers? |
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| By the 19th century, did most Indians live in small log cabins and have a hothouse in winter to keep warm? |
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| What is the origin of the name Mobile or mo-wil-a? |
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| What county was Ft. Conde located in? |
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| What county was Fort St. Stephens located in? |
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| What county was Fort Toulouse located in? |
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| What county was Fort Stoddert located in? |
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| How do Marengo County, Linden and Demopolis remind us of the French colony in West Alabama between 1817 and 1830s? |
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| The first two placenames were for Napoleon's victories over the Austrians. Demopolis or city of the people was founded by the French settlers. |
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| Which country established the first colony in Alabama? |
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| Where was the first colony in Alabama located? |
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| 27-Mile Bluff north of Mobile. |
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| How did the English gain control of the Gulf coast? |
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| By defeating the French in the French and Indian was of 1763. |
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| How did the Spanish gain control of Charlotte County from the British? |
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| They seized the colony in 1780 during the Revolutionary War. |
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| What did the Federal Road connect? |
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| The Federal Road went to Baltimore and was the main road used by settlers coming from Carolinas and Georgia. |
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| What did the Byler Road connect? |
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| The Byler road connected Tuscaloosa with the Tennessee River. |
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| What did the Huntsville Road connect? |
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| The Huntsville Road connected Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. |
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| Where did the early settlers come from? |
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| Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas were important sources for the early settlers of Alabama. |
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| When was Alabama a part of the Mississippi Territory? |
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| Where was the capital of the Alabama Territory? |
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| St. Stephens in Washington Co. (1817-1819) |
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| Why was the dividing line of Alabama and Mississippi put at Petit Bois island in the Gulf of Mexico? |
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| So that people in Mobile and the Bigbee District could remain in Alabama. |
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| Who was governor of the Alabama Territory? |
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| How many counties were created during the Alabama Territory period (1817-1819)? |
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| Chief of the Mobile Indians who was killed by DeSoto |
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| Friendly Choctaw chief who helped during the Creek War. |
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| Who was Alexander McGillivray? |
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| Creek chief who helped George Washington |
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| Who was William Weatherford or Red Eagle? |
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| Leader of the Red Stick Creeks who lead the attack on Fort Mims. |
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| Developed the Cherokee alphabet. |
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| First U.S. senator from North Alabama |
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| First congressman an Indian agent at Ft. Mitchell |
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| Governor of the Alabama Territory and the first governor of Alabama. |
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| He was the main Chickasaw chief in Colbert Co. |
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| Why was Chief MacIntosh killed? |
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| He signed the treaty giving up Creek lands in east Alabama |
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| Inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. |
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| Where did Sequoyah live in Alabama? |
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| Why did Sequoyah move to Oklahoma? |
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| He was part of the Indian removal of the 1830s. |
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| CW: What was the role of Tecumeseh? |
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| He was sent by the British to persuade the Indians in Alabama to fight the settlers. |
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| CW: What was the role of of Pushmataha? |
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| He helped the Mississippi militia in the battle of Holy Ground. |
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| He led the Red Sticks in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Surrendered to Andrew Jackson. |
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| Friendly Creek Chief who signed over Creek lands in East Alabama in 1832 resulting in his murder. |
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| CW: William Weatherford/ Red Eagle |
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| Lead the Red Sticks in the Fort Mims massacre. |
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| Why did the Red Stick Creeks finally surrender? |
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| Creek women and children were starving in the woods after their villages and food supplies were destroyed. |
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| CW:Did most of Alabama's Indians go to war against the settlers? |
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| CW: What was the Ft. Mims massacre? Where did it take place? |
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| The Red Sticks massacred over 400 settlers in this fort located in the northern part of Baldwin Co. |
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| CW: What was the Battle of Horseshoe Bend? |
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| The last major battle of the Creek War |
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| CW: Where did the Battle of Horseshoe Bend take place? |
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| CW: Who was Moulton named for? |
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| The community was named for Michael Moulton, officer killed in the Creek Indian War. |
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| CW: Who was Russellville named for? |
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| Russellville is named after Major William Russell, an early settler in the area who helped in the construction of Jackson's Military Road. |
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| CW: Who was Montgomery County named for? |
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| Lemuel P Montgomery who was an officer killed at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. |
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| CW: Who was responsible for the Hilabee Massacre? |
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| CW: Where did the Georgia Militia fight? |
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| CW:How did the Mississippi Militia impact the Creek War? |
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| The Mississippi Militia won the Battle of Holy Ground |
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| CW: What treaty ended the Creek War? |
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| The Treaty of Ft. Jackson |
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| Why was Alabama created as a separate state from Mississippi? |
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1. Pressure from Georgia congressmen owning land in Alabama
2. The desire to create two new slave states
3. The availability of new land and reduction of the Indian threat after the Creek War. |
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| How did the federal government help the young state of Alabama? |
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1. 1,620 acres at the mouth of the Cahaba River for a state Capital
2. 23,000 acres for a state university |
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| How did 16th section land sales help local schools? |
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| The 16th section of land in each township was given to support local schools. |
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| How did the 5 percent fund improve road and river transportation? |
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| Five percent of the money from public land salves could be spent to improve land and river transportation. |
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| Why was the Alabama Capital moved so frequently? |
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| Huntsville was the first temporary capital until the buildings at Cahaba could be built. It was then moved from Cahaba to Tuscaloosa because of flooding. It was then moved to Montgomery for a more central location and because the local people paid for the new building and the move. Local citizens paid for the rebuilding of the capitol after it was destroyed by fire in 1849. |
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