State Slide #1

State Bird- Mocking Bird State Flower- Magnolia Blossom

State Tree- Magnolia Tree

State Land Mammal #1- White- Tailed Deer State Land Mammal #2- Red Fox State Song- Go Mississippi

State Nickname- The Magnolia State

Location- In the southeastern area of the United States, along the Gulf of

Mexico Size- 48,434 square miles (125,444 square kilometers) Population (not exact # of people)- 2,730,501 Date Admitted to the Union- Dec. 10th,1817- 20th state Mississippi has Antebellum homes- Antebellum means homes before the Civil Wars (1861-1865) Four states border Mississippi- Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas

State Slide #2
State Beverage- Milk State Fish- Largemouth Bass (Black Bass)

State Fossil- Prehistoric Whale

State Insect- Honeybee State Shell- Oyster Shell State Stone- Petrified Wood

State Waterfowl- Wood Duck

State Water Mammal- Bottle-Nosed Dolphin State Motto- Virtute et Armis meaning: by valor and arms Electoral Votes- 6 votes

State Reptile- American Alligator

State Butterfly- Spicebush Swallowtail College of choice- University of Mississippi A few Famous People who grew up there: Bo Diddley, Elvis Presley, Oprah

Winfrey

Capital
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state

of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County (the town of Raymond is the other). The current slogan for the city is : City with Soul. Jackson is ranked 3rd out of America's 100 largest metro areas for the best "Bang For Your Buck" city according to Forbes magazine. The study measured overall affordability, housing rates, and more. The city is named after Andrew Jackson, who was still a general at the time of the naming but later became president. The city is the anchor of the Metro area. USS Jackson (LCS-6) will be the first ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the city.

Tourist Attraction - Mississippi River

Hundreds of years ago, Native Americans used the Great River Road (Mississippi River) for trade and travel, with the Hopewell Indian Culture becoming the most advanced Civilization in early North America.

Mississippi Historical Slide

Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state in 1817 and gets its name from the Mississippi River. Earlier in time the people who lived in the area that became Mississippi included the Choctaw, Natchez and Chickasaw Indian Tribes. Spanish explorers arrived there in 1540. The French started the first permanent settlement in Mississippi in 1699. During the first half of the 19th century, Mississippi was the top cotton producer in the United States, and owners of large plantations depended on the labor of slaves. Mississippi left the Union in 1861 and fought against the U.S. Army. After the end of slavery, racial discrimination lasted in Mississippi, and the state was a battleground of the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th Century.

The University of Mississippi

In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished the world's first human lung transplant. On January 23, 1964, Dr. James D. Hardy also performed the first heart transplant. The University is located in Oxford, Mississippi.

Interesting Facts about Mississippi

The worlds largest shrimp is on Display at the Old Spanish

Fort Museum in Pascagoula. Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. Mississippi was the first state in the nation to plan a system of junior colleges

Conclusion
I think Mississippi is an interesting state because of how much slavery there was. Its so sad they had a lot of slavery. They had great cotton fields though. There are so many different state animals, state drink and etc. I want to visit the Mississippi River someday and the city.