Museum of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Museum of Alabama exhibits the dramatic unfolding of Alabama history from the dawn of the 1700s to the beginning of the 21st century.
Museum of Alabama: 624 Washington Ave. Montgomery, Alabama, USA
The museum is located inside the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Creeks Indians occupied the land of Alabama.Â
The Indian Village
Fight between Britain, France, and Spain for the land.
Britain won the war and took the land
America (The thirteen colonies) won the war against Britain and took over the land they had
Indians had to fight with Americans to keep their land.
The land treaty between America and the Indians
Alabama became a state of the United States
The settler wanted to remove all Indians from the land they occupied.
Indians were sent to the Indian reservations
Producing cotton became the leading business in Alabama
Who were the first Alabama settlers?
Religious gatherings
What it meant by picking cotton
The Yeomen – they were the majority of the white settlers
The Planters – smaller in number but had a big influence
African Americans – the slave labor force
An enslaved laborer was not cheap to buy
The income of the planter far exceeded others.
The cotton gin machine caused people to buy more land and enslaved people to raise cotton.
It is not a big machine
The northen states wanted to stop the slavery while the southern states needed them. This difference cause the southern states to secessed from the Union.
Alabama declares independence from the Union.
The civil war started
The southern states lost the war.
The slaves were free … but not actually
The white people kept suppressing the black people.
The railroad came, and with it, rapid changes
Many issues
African American Leaving Alabama
Industrialization
The Great Depression
World War I
World War II
The Civil Rights Movement
Old items and fashion
A view from the museum
