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Alabama
- 1. Alabama By: Morgan McCreaand Paige Cassell Business Presentations October 9th, 2013
- 2. Table of Contents ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ Alabama Historyof Alabama State Facts Nickname(s): More State Facts Tourist Attractions Famous People ❏ Natural Resources ❏ Geographical Resources ❏ Climate ❏ Major Industries ❏ Video! ❏ Summary! ❏ Citations
- 3. Alabama ★ The statecapital is Montgomery ★ Population: 4,444,000 ★ Geographical Size- 52,423 square miles
- 4. History of Alabama ★Spanish settlers arrived in 1519. ★ Joined the union as the 22nd state on December 14th, 1819. ★ Alabama succeeded from the Union in 1861.
- 5. State Facts ★ Bird:Yellowhammer ★ Animal: Black Bear ★ Insect: Monarch Butterfly ★ Flower: Camellia
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- 7. Major Cities ★ Birmingham- largest city ★ Montgomery - capital of Arizona ★ Huntsville - Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center ★ Tuscaloosa - University of Alabama
- 8. Famous People ★ HelenKeller - 1880 ★ Rosa Parks - 1913 ★ Nat “King” Cole - 1919
- 9. Tourist Attractions ★ FortMorgan ★ Wind Creek State Park ★ Oak Mountain State ★ Birmingham Zoo Park ★ Splash Adventure ★ Cheaha Mountain State Park
- 10. Natural Resources ★ Treasureof: ○ ○ ○ ○ Timber water wildlife soil ★ 70% is covered in forest.
- 11. Geographic Location ★ Easternsouth-central, US. ★ Ranks the 29th in size out of all 50 states.
- 12. Climate ★ Mainly humidsubtropical ★ Three climate divisions; ○ lower coastal plain ○ northern plateau ○ upper coastal plain ★ The average temperature is 64 degrees
- 13. Major Industries ★ Agriculture: ○corn ○ livestock ○ soybeans ★ Mining ○ Iron ore ○ coal ★ Steelmaking
- 14. Summary! ★ Alabama isa huge part of agriculture ★ Mostly Humid ★ Many tourist attractions
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