By: Hazel Freeman. State Capital – Montgomery State Motto - "Audemus jura nostra defendere" - We Dare Defend Our Rights State Nickname - Heart of Dixie,

Social Studies Project

By: Hazel Freeman

Alabama• State Capital – Montgomery• State Motto - "Audemus jura nostra

defendere" - We Dare Defend Our Rights• State Nickname - Heart of Dixie,

"Yellowhammer State“• State Flower-Camellia• State Bird-Yellowhammer• State Tree-Southern longleaf pine

Arkansas• State Capital - Little Rock• State Motto - "Regnat populus" - The people rule • State Nickname - The Natural State• State Flower-Apple blossom• State Bird-Mockingbird• State Tree-Pine Tree

Florida• State Capital – Tallahassee• State Motto - "In God we trust.“• State Nickname - The Sunshine State• State Flower-Orange blossom• State Bird-Mockingbird• State Tree-Palmetto palm

Georgia• State Capital – Atlanta• State Motto - "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation“• State Nickname - Empire State of the South,

Peach State• State Flower-Cherokee rose• State Bird-Brown thrasher• State Tree-Live oak

Kentucky• State Capital – Frankfort• State Motto - "United we stand, divided we fall“• State Nickname - Bluegrass State• State Flower-Goldenrod• State Bird-Cardinal• State Tree-Tulip Tree

Louisiana• State Capital - Baton Rouge• State Motto - "Union, Justice, and Confidence “• State Nickname - Sportsman's Paradise

(previously - Pelican State)• State Flower-Magnolia blossom• State Bird-Eastern Brown Pelican• State Tree-Bald Cypress

Mississippi• State Capital – Jackson• State Motto - "Virtute et armis" - By valor and

arms• State Nickname - Magnolia State • State Flower-Magnolia• State Bird-Mockingbird• State Tree-Magnolia

North Carolina• State Capital – Raleigh• State Motto - "Esse Quam Videri" (To Be Rather

Than to Seem)• State Flower-Flowering dogwood• State Bird-Cardinal• State Tree-Longleaf Pine

South Carolina• State Capital – Columbia• State Motto - "Dum Spiro Spero" - While I breathe,

I hope• State Nickname - Palmetto State• State Flower-Yellow Jessamine• State Bird-Carolina wren• State Tree-Sabal Palmetto

Tennessee• State Capital – Nashville• State Motto - "Agriculture and Commerce“• State Nickname - The Volunteer State• State Flower-Iris• State Bird-Mockingbird• State Tree-Tulip Poplar

Virginia• State Capital – Richmond• State Motto - "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Thus Always

to Tyrants)• State Nickname - Old Dominion• State Flower-American dogwood• State Bird-Cardinal• State Tree-American dogwood

West Virginia• State Capital – Charleston• State Motto - "Montani semper liberi" -

Mountaineers are always free• State Nickname - Mountain State• State Flower-Rhododendron(Big laurel)• State Bird-Cardinal• State Tree-Sugar Maple