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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
- Confederate States of America [r]: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
Subtopics
Principal cities
- Birmingham [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Huntsville [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mobile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Montgomery [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tuscaloosa [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State government
U.S. Senate
- Jeff Sessions [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Alabama); Ranking minority member, U.S. Senate Commitee on the Judiciary; Senate Armed Services Committee; especially conservative on financial matters [e]
- Richard C. Shelby [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. House of Representatives
Social, cultural, and educational
Education
- University of Alabama [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Auburn University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tuskegee University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Huntsville Hospital System [r]: Add brief definition or description
Industry and agriculture
- Principal crops and farming-related articles, industrial products, etc
Geographical and geological features
- Gulf of Mexico [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mobile Bay [r]: Add brief definition or description
Noteworthy places
- Examples: Hoover Dam
People
- Either native born or important in some way to the state
Federal
- Anniston Army Depot [r]: Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for U.S. Army vehicles (tracked and wheeled), artillery (self propelled and towed), military bridges, and small arms (individual and crew served); depot level maintenance on vehicles ranging in size from the Stryker to M1 Abrams (tank) and a variety of other types in between, like the M113 Family of Vehicles, the M88 Recovery Vehicle, and the M9 Armored Combat Engineering vehicle; hosts Anniston Defense Munitions Center, a large storage and maintenance facility for ammunition and guided missiles [e]
- Maxwell Air Force Base [r]: Home of the U.S. Air Force Air University; as opposed to the other services, the Air Force centralizes many of its schools, such as the Squadron Officer College (Air and Space Basic Course, Squadron Officer School), Air Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and the Air War College, as well as the NCO Academy and Sergeants Major Academy [e]
- Redstone Arsenal [r]: Located near Huntsville, Alabama, a U.S. Army base housing the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), the Space and Missile Defense Command, numerous Program Executive Offices (PEO), and major components of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Missile Defense Agency; hosts NASA Marshall Space Flight Center [e]
- Marshall Space Flight Center [r]: NASA engineering facility, located at Redstone Arsenal, specializing in development of space propulsion and transportation systems, but also research payloads [e]
- Fort Rucker [r]: Located in Alabama, the central base for U.S. Army Aviation development, readiness and training [e]
Alabama state history
- Alabama, history [r]: History of Alabama, a State of the United States since 1819. Previously a territory. [e]
- American Civil War [r]: Major war 1861-65 fought over slavery in which the U.S. defeated the secessionist Confederate States of America. [e]
- Carpetbagger [r]: American northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction after the American Civil War. [e]
- King Cotton [r]: A slogan used by southerners in 1860-61 to support secession from the United States. [e]
- Ku Klux Klan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Reconstruction [r]: The attempt from 1865 to 1877 in American history to resolve the issues of the American Civil War. [e]
- Religion in the United States [r]: Article describing variety and evolution of American religion. [e]
- U.S. Civil War, Origins [r]: The U.S. Civil War emerged from the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and its implication in all aspects of U.S. society, economy, and politics. [e]
Other related topics
Associated U.S. states and Canadian provinces
- Florida [r]: A State in the south-eastern USA. [e]
- Georgia (U.S. state) [r]: One of the original 13 states of the USA [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
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- Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti [r]: A subspecies of the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) found east of the Mississippi River. [e]
- Confederation [r]: A sovereign nation formed by the joining together of other sovereign nations. [e]
- Education, U.S., History [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Florida, history [r]: Acquired by the U.S. in 1821 and remained a peripheral state until the late 20th century, when migrants from cold-weather areas relocated giving it the 4th largest population by 2000. [e]
- Jim Crow [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jimmy Wales [r]: (1966–) Internet entrepreneur and co-founder and head of Wikipedia, and co-founder of Wikia. [e]
- Joe Louis [r]: (1914 – 1981) Regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers off all-time: in a single, unbroken championship reign of 11 years and 8 months, he defended his heavyweight title 25 times. [e]
- John F. Kennedy [r]: American politician (1917-1963); president 1961-1963; assassinated in Dallas. [e]
