Alabama: The Heart of Dixie

• Alternate Nicknames:
  • Cotton State
  • Yellowhammer State
• Capital: Montgomery
• Major Cities:
  • Birmingham
  • Huntsville
  • Mobile
• Major Geographical Features
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Mobile BAy
  • Mobile River
  • Alabama River
  • Chattahoochee River
  • Tennessee River
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Gulf Coastal Plain
  • Piedmont
  • Appalachian Mountains
• National Parks: none
• 1540: Hernando de Soto explores modern-day Alabama
• 1819: Alabama becomes the 22nd state
• 1861: Alabama secedes from the Union
• 1955-56: The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins when Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
• Motto: "We Dare Defend Our Rights"
• Name Meaning: named for the Alabama Indians
• Montgomery was the original capital of the Confederate States of America
• Industries
  • Peanuts
  • Cotton
• Famous People
  • Hank Aaron
  • Helen Keller
  • Coretta Scott King
  • Rosa Parks
  • Bear Bryant
  • Charles Barkley
  • Nat King Cole
  • Harper Lee
  • Carl Lewis
  • Jesse Owens
  • Condoleezza Rice