Alabama The Heart of Dixie

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Alabama The Heart of Dixie

• Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere
• '' We dare defend our rights''
• By
• Alexis Zamora
• in Ms. Hearn's class.

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State Flag

• The state flag was adopted in 1895 and was
  patternded after the confederte battle flag.It
  shows the red diagonal cross of St.Andrew on a
  white field, and it also has gold fringe on all
  three sides.

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State Nicknames

• Heart of Dixie
• Cotton State
• Yellowhammer State

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General Info. and State Populations
By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L.

• Population
• Population Density
• Population Distribution

• State capital
• State nickname
• State motto
• State bird
• State fish
• State flower
• State mineral

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Facts

• Largest cake
• Alabama's name
• Civil war
• First submarine
• Opossums
• Contests

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Places

• Museums
• Schools
• Churches
• Performance Studios
• Zoos
• Libraries
• Shoping Malls

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Economy

• Agriculture
• Crops
• Cotton
• Peanuts
• Soybeans
• Corn

• Manufacturing
• Clothing Textiles
• Paper
• Iron
• Steal

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The People

• Census 1,980
• Population 4,447,100 people
• Ranks 29th in state
• Populated city Birmingham
• Large city Mobile

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Temperature

• Coldest is -27 degrees
• Hottest is 112 degrees
• Average rainfall is 80 inches per year
• Coldest was in January 30,1966
• Hottest was in September 5,1925

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The LandGeography

• Land area is 51,705 sq. mi.
• It ranks 29th in size among the states
• The highest piont is called Cheah Mountain it
  measures 2,407 ft, above sea level
• The lowest piont is called sea level it measures
  none.

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Topography

• Alabama has 6 main land regions which are named
  Iterior Low Plateau, Cumberland Plateau,
  Appalachian Ridge, Valley Region, Black Belt,
  and East Gulf Coastal Plain.

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Percent

• Whites
• 71.1
• 75.1

• Blacks
• 26.0
• 12.3

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Communication

• The first newspaper is Mobile Register
• Todays newspaper is Birmingham News
• Also Southern Living
• Other communication is ships companies

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Bibliography

• McNair, Sylvia.Alabama.Chicago IL. Childrens
  Press,1989.
• 50 States .com
• Yahooligans.com
• Enchanted Learning .com
  

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