Alabama
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Alabama is located in the Southeastern region of the United States and on December 14th, 1819 it became the twenty-second state to enter into the union.
Civil War History
Alabama seceded from the union and on January 11th, 1861 and on February 8th of that year became one of founding members of the Confederate States of America. After the American Civil War, Alabama was readmitted into the union in 1868.
Alabama Politics
The capital of Alabama is Montgomery and its largest city is Birmingham. Alabama is a red state which tends favor Republicans in elections, particularly on a national level. [1] The current governor of Alabama is Bob Riley, a Republican. Alabama's current Senators are Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, both are Republicans.
Notable People from Alabama
- Hank Aaron, who holds the Major League Baseball record for most home runs hit, is from Mobile.
- Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, lived in Monroeville.
- Martin Luther King, Jr., a civil rights activist, lived in Montgomery.
- Joe Louis, a boxer who is the only famous athlete to be buried in Arlington Cemetery, lived in Lafayette.
- Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist who became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, lived in Tuskegee.
- Condoleeza Rice, the current US Secretary of State, was born in Birmingham.