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Alabama
State Facts:
Capital: Montgomery
Largest City: Birmingham
Area: 52,423 square miles
Population: 4,833,722
Resident names: Alabamers or Alabaman
State Symbols:
Motto: "Audemus jura nostra defendere" which means "We dare defend our rights."
Song: Alabama
More State Symbols:
Alabama's State Bird:
Alabama's State Tree:
Alabama's State Flower:
History of Alabama:
- Cotton and Slave Labor were main resources needed and used in the South, especially Alabama.
- Montgomery was the 1st Confederate capital during the Civil War times.
- In the mid-20th century, American Civil Rights movement was centered in Alabama and held Montgomery bus boycotts.
- Fueled jobs in aerospace, agriculture, auto production, and the service sector.
Industry/Agriculture:
Tourism in Alabama:
War Sites
Space Sites
Beaches
Alabama's Flag
Infamous People Who Were Born In Alabama
Rosa Parks
Satchel Paige
Helen Keller
Kentucky
State Facts:
Capital: Frankfort
Largest City: Louisville
Area: 40,409 square miles
Population: 4,339,367
Resident name: Kentuckians
State Symbols:
Motto: "United we stand, divided we fall."
Song: "My Old Kentucky Home."
Kentucky's State Bird
Kentucky's State Tree
Kentucky's State Flower
History of Kentucky:
- In 1769, a party of hunters returned to Kentucky for a two-year exploration of the region.
- In 1774, the first permanent settlers lived in Kentucky.
- Kentucky was originally apart of Virginia, until it split apart in 1776.
- Kentucky made their constitution in 1800.
- During the Civil War, Kentucky held people believing in both loyalist parties. Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were both born in Kentucky.
- A Gold Vault was found in Fort Knox in 1936, where many people fled to during the time.
Industry/Agriculture
- Horse-raising, whiskey, and anthracite coal
- Automobiles and trucks