Alabama was recognized as a state in December 1819.

The new voter registration laws, particularly the cumulative poll tax, also disenfranchised poor white voters. By 1941, whites constituted a slight majority of those disenfranchised by these laws, with 600,000 whites and 520,000 African Americans losing the ability to vote.

Most Native American tribes were completely removed from Alabama within a few years of the passage of the Indian Removal Act by Congress in 1830.

By 1860, Alabama’s population had increased to 964,201 people, of which nearly half, 435,080, were enslaved African Americans, and 2,690 were free people of color.

In 1861, Alabama seceded from the United States to become part of the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital. Alabama rejoined the Union in 1868.

Alabama declared its secession from the Union on January 11, 1861.

“Dixie Alley” refers to the area of Alabama and Mississippi that is most affected by tornadoes, as distinct from the Tornado Alley of the Southern Plains.

Alabama enjoys a lengthy growing season of up to 300 days in the southern part of the state.

Alabama’s population increased from under 10,000 people in 1810 to more than 300,000 people by 1830.

Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.