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What are the houses in Alabama called with low roofs, exposed timbers, and rock chimneys?
folk buildings
True or false: The cotton gin made cleaning cotton easier.
True
What is one resource that supported the growth of cotton in Alabama?
rivers
How did travel evolve (change) in Alabama?
(The roads went from dirt roads to plank roads. Then the railroad came. Both of there helped to move people and goods throughout the state.)
What are some pull factors for people moving to Alabama?
acceptable ideas: education, farming, industry, gold rush, road and railroad building
2. The _______made cleaning cotton easier.
cotton gin
5. The land purchase that doubled the size of the United States was called the
Louisiana Purchase
6. __________ grows in the central region of Alabama.
wiregrass
8. Rocks that were used for building without changing them were called
fieldstones
Name 4 of Alabama's major resources
rivers, timber, iron, cotton
