1. Alabama The Heart of Dixie

2. Crimson St. Andrew's cross on a white field, patterned after the Confederate Battle Flag, and adopted in 1895. The bars forming the cross must not be less than six inches broad and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side.

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6. Helen Keller Helen Keller

7. Rosa Parks: Selma Bus Boycott

8. Jesse Owens Jesse Owens 1936

9. George Washington Carver American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. 300 uses for the peanut 300 uses for the peanut

10. Birmingham: the “Pittsburg of the South” (because of its steel industry) the only place in the world where all three components of steel making: iron ore, coal, and limestone, can be found within a 30-mile radius.

11. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. began his ministerial career at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery.

12. The Boll Weevil The Boll Weevil statue in Enterprise was erected in 1919. Its a monument to the insect that destroyed cotton crops and eventually brought prosperity to the region while forcing farmers to grow peanuts. statue in Enterprise was erected in 1919. Its a monument to the insect that destroyed cotton crops and eventually brought prosperity to the region while forcing farmers to grow peanuts.

13. Alabama marble is considered the purest and whitest in the world. It has been used in buildings such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is considered the purest and whitest in the world. It has been used in buildings such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

14. The Tuskegee Institute is one of the nation’s first African-American Colleges

15. Huntsville: early NASA center

16. Montgomery: birthplace of the: Confederate States of America “The Stars “The Stars and Bars” and Bars”

17. Montgomery: First Electric Trolleys

18. Also known as: The Yellowhammer State The Yellowhammer State The Camellia State The Camellia State