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After the Indian wars, most Native Americans were forced out of the state and the white population grew.
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In 1861, when Alabama joined the Confederacy most residents were either slaves or poor white people.
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President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves.
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All white citizens including women were allowed to vote.
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The famous stock market crash happened in the USA plunging the United States into the Great Depression.
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Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of a Montgomery city bus because she wanted to end segregation for African Americans.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. joined thousands of people in marches from Selma to Montgomery.
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The exports of Alabama products increased dramactically.
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Mr. Cherry was convicted of murder in the case of a 1963 Birmingham church bombing.
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the biggest hurricanes in the world.
