Transportation upgrades assumed a noteworthy job in the advancement of Alabama during the New South time. Railway construction connecting Mobile with Nashville, through Montgomery and Birmingham, was finished in 1872. What's more, a line connecting Meridian, Mississippi, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, additionally went through Birmingham. By 1900, the Southern Railway system, the Atlantic Coastal Line, and the Seaboard Line all reached into Alabama, which by then had more than of 4,000 miles of working track.
Tensions were very high during that time period. so many alliacnces were made as well as rivalries. it was a "powder keg" and when he was killed the keg exploded
