ALABAMA 



ALABAMA 



QUESTIONS ON ALABAMA 



(An Outline editable for Alabama ill be found with the article "State.") 



Give two theories as to the origin of the name of the state. 



What is the " Alabama gopher"? 



What is meant by the "Grandfather clause"? 



What serious hindrance to navigation is there in the Tennessee River? 



How does Alabama compare in size with Mississippi? With Georgia? 



How does it rank among the states as regards population? As regards area? 



What has been Alabama's chief industrial development since the War of Seces- 

 sion? 



What is meant by the "black belt"? 



How does the density of population compare with that of Illinois? Of Florida? 

 Of Ontario? 



What is meant by the Piedmont region? 



If the population of New York were transferred to Alabama, what would be the 

 density per square mile? 



What is the capital of Alabama? Has it always been the capital? 



Why is Birmingham called the "Pittsburgh of the South"? Contrast the two 

 cities with respect to population; with respect to output. 



What were the Yazoo land frauds? 



Where was the first railroad west of the Alleghanies? 



For what is Fort Mims noted? 



How many states, after the. original thirteen, were organized before Alabama? 



How may the state be divided according to surface features? 



What part did Alabama play in the early history of the Confederacy? 



What stand did Alabama take from the earliest days of statehood on the sub- 

 ject of education? 



When did the first white man enter the territory? 



How does Alabama rank among the states of the Union with regard to its coal 

 production? 



When did the territory now included in Alabama become a part of the United 

 States possessions? 



How does the coal output compare with that of Canada? 



What special reason did Alabama have for being strongly in favor of slavery? 



What is there especially fortunate in the arrangement of Alabama's productive 

 mineral beds? 



What determined the location of Birmingham? 



Where does Alabama rank among the Southern states with respect to mileage 

 of navigable waterways? 



What is the ratio of railway mileage to area? 



Is the population largely urban or rural? 



Trace the course of the prohibition movement in Alabama. 



Whe was the first settlement made on the site of Mobile? 



In what does Mobile's importance consist? 



To how many nations has the Alabama territory belonged? 



How many cities has Alabama with more than 100,000 inhabitants? With more 

 than 50,000? With more than 25,000? 



What is the state flower? 



