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ALABAMAThe Yellow Hammer State

HISTORY OF THE STATE• Alabama became a state of the United

States of America on December 14, 1819.• The word Alabama means tribal town • On January 11, 1861 Alabama becomes the

fourth state to secede from the Union

WHAT IS IN THE STATE

•U.S.S. Alabama•Civil Rights Memorial•White House of the Confederacy•Rosa Parks Museum

VACATION SPOTS

• Montgomery Zoo

• Dauphin Island

• Orange Beach

• Gulf Shores

WHO IS IN THE GOVERNMENT?

• Robert Bently- Governor

• Ray Ivey- Lieutenant Governor

• Jeff Sessions- Senator

• Richard C. Shelby- Senator

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE AND WHERE

•The population of Alabama is 4,822,023•Birmingham- 212,237•Montgomery- 205,764•Mobile- 195,111

STATE BIRD

•The state bird is the Yellowhammer.• It was designated as the official state bird symbol of Alabama in 1927.•Alabama is the only state that chose a woodpecker as their state bird.

STATE FLAG

• The state flag contains a crimson cross on a white field.

• It got patented after the Confederate Battle Flag

• The bars forming the cross must not be less that six inches broad

STATE TREE

• The state tree is the southern long leaf pine• Longleaf pine is distributed primarily in the lower two thirds of the state.• It may be identified by the needles

NATURAL RESOURCES

• The natural recourses of Alabama are lumber ,oil , natural gas, limestone, water, wild life, and marble.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Alabama is know as the Rocket Capital of the world.

• Workers in Alabama built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.

• Alabama is the only state will all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• www.50states.com

• www.infoplease.com

• www.Alabama.gov