4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 12
Colonies to 1900 Timeline
Put Alabama and US history in order
What your child practices
Putting events from the colonies to 1900 in order, from Georgia's founding and the Revolution to Alabama statehood, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: 4.6; 4.10; 4.14; 4.15 · the order of key events in Alabama and US history from the colonies to 1900
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- A timeline puts events in order, earliest first.
- Order: the colonies, the Revolution (1776), Alabama Territory, statehood (1819), the Civil War (1861–1865), Reconstruction.
- The smaller year came first.
Example: Which came first: Alabama statehood, or the Confederacy forms in Montgomery? Statehood was in 1819. The Confederacy formed in 1861. Answer: Alabama statehood
Colonies to 1900 Timeline in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 12 of 12 in 4th grade Social Studies, after Reconstruction & the Late 1800s.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put these events in order, earliest first.
- Alabama is readmitted to the Union
- Alabama becomes the 22nd state
- The Civil War ends
- The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase → Alabama becomes the 22nd state → The Civil War ends → Alabama is readmitted to the Union
Hint: In order: The Louisiana Purchase (1803), Alabama becomes the 22nd state (1819), The Civil War ends (1865), Alabama is readmitted to the Union (1868).
Question 2
In what year did this happen? The Constitution is written
- 1787
- 1871
- 1861
- 1803
1787
Hint: The Constitution is written: 1787.
Question 3
In what year did this happen? The Civil War ends
- 1860
- 1776
- 1865
- 1732
1865
Hint: The Civil War ends: 1865.
Question 4
'Alabama fever' was the rush of settlers who came to…
- find oil
- buy cheap, rich land for growing cotton
- mine gold
- fish for whales
buy cheap, rich land for growing cotton
Hint: After 1815.
Question 5
Cahawba stopped being the capital partly because it…
- was in Georgia
- had no rivers
- often flooded
- was too cold
often flooded
Hint: It was built in a low spot by two rivers.
Question 6
Which of these happened first?
- The Constitution is written
- The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- Spain captures Mobile from Britain
- The Indian Removal Act
Spain captures Mobile from Britain
Hint: Put them in order: Spain captures Mobile from Britain (1780), The Constitution is written (1787), The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), The Indian Removal Act (1830).