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History of Alabama (sandbox)

Alabama is the NNth state to join the United States of America, entering the union on 14 December 1819. The state is named for the Alabama River, which in turn is named for the Alabama Indians.

The region entered world history in 1540, when Hernando de Soto's expedition crossed the region and made war on its Mississippian natives.

The military defeat of the Creek Nation by Americans in 1814 propelled Andrew Jackson to nationwide fame and started a land rush to the Alabama region. The U.S. government forcibly removed Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee Indians from the state in the 1830s.

Alabama was a slave society.

Alabama seceded from the union in January 1861, and the separatist Confederate government was formed at Montgomery in February.

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