Sweet Home Alabama

Amanda McGoughIES Pedro Espinosa

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Where is Alabama?

Alabama is in the Southeast ofthe United States.

Became a state on December 14, 181922nd state to join the country

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State Symbols

State Flag State Flower-Camellia

State Bird-Yellow Hammer

State Mammal-Black Bear

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Good Country Cookin’

Biscuits and Gravy

Berry Cobbler

Sweet Tea

Fried Chicken and Veggies

Pulled Pork Barbecue

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Film, Books, & Music

Truman Capote

Set in Greenbow, AL

Important Cities

BirminghamTuscaloosaHuntsvilleFlorence

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Civil Rights 1945-1975

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Marches and protests in Selma, AL in 1963 led PresidentLyndon Johnson to sign the Civil Rights Act.

The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of racially motivated terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Haunted HistoryBryce´s Hospital Tuscaloosa, AL-1861Peter Bryce-founder & doctor1970-Longest case in national history – Wyatt vs. Stickney.

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Iron and Steel History Only state in the U.Swith ALL natural resources to produce iron & steel: access to enormous quantities of iron ore, coal, and limestone, all within a thirty-mile radius of the city of Birmingham.

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ROLL TIDE! Alabama Crimson Tide

11ROAR LIONS!!!

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Helen KellerJune 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968

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Sacred Harp Singing

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Family History

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Native American History

Cherokee alphabetinvented by Sequoyah

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U.S. Space & Rocket Center• Huntsville, AL• Largest Museum of Space in the U.S.

Today, it is forged forever in history as the place where America's space program was bornwhere the rockets were developed that put the first U.S. satellite into orbit and sent men to the moon; where the power for today's space shuttle was developed; where the modules for International Space Station were designed and built; and where the next generation of spacecraft, Ares I and Ares V, are currently being designed.

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Cotton • Development of large cotton plantations in the Black Belt after the

invention of the cotton gin (invented by Eli Whitney in 1793) had added dramatically to the state's wealth. The owners' wealth depended on the labor of numerous enslaved African Americans

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Muscle Shoals Music!

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