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World War I in Alabama

The outbreak of World War I in July 1914 brought many changes to the lives of Alabamians, even though the United States would not join the fighting until April 1917. Cotton prices and production dropped quickly with disruptions in shipping and shifts in industrial efforts overseas away from textiles, and a ramping up of the military industry in the northern and midwestern United States sparked what would become a mass movement of African American labor out of the South in what became known as the Great Migration. In all, some 86,000 Alabamians, both black and white, fought, and more than 2,500 died in the effort.

Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO)

Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company (ADDSCO)

Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH)

Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH)

Alabama National Guard

Alabama National Guard

Fort McClellan

Fort McClellan

Forts Morgan and Gaines

Forts Morgan and Gaines

Great Migration From Alabama

Great Migration From Alabama

James Reese Europe

James Reese Europe

Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex

Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex

Muscle Shoals

Muscle Shoals

Populism in Alabama

Populism in Alabama

Port of Mobile

Port of Mobile

S.S. <em>Selma</em>

S.S. Selma

Tennessee Valley Authority in Alabama (TVA)

Tennessee Valley Authority in Alabama (TVA)

Thirty-first "Dixie" Division

Thirty-first "Dixie" Division

Waterman Steamship Corporation

Waterman Steamship Corporation

William March

William March

William Sibert

William Sibert

Wilson Dam and Reservoir

Wilson Dam and Reservoir

World War I and Alabama

World War I and Alabama

167th Alabama Infantry Regiment

167th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Camp Sheridan

Camp Sheridan

Osmond Kelly Ingram

Osmond Kelly Ingram

William P. Screws

William P. Screws

Sidney Earnest Manning

Sidney Earnest Manning

Fred Leonard Blackmon

Fred Leonard Blackmon

Marion Military Institute

Marion Military Institute

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