Land Features
Early Explorers
The Civil War
Post - War South
Modern - Day South
100
It is known as the South's largest bay.
What is the Chesapeake?
100
It was during these years that Spanish explorers arrived in the South.
What are the 1500s?
100
The sad and historical event in America's history known as the Civil War occurred during these years.
What are from 1861 - 1865?
100
Southern farmers relied heavily on this cash crop.
What is cotton?
100
This Southern state is famous for its horse farms.
What is Kentucky?
200
In 1803, this this doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
He was the first European to reach the Mississippi River.
Who was Hernando de Soto?
200
Slavery and other issues prompted this number of Southern states to seceded from the Union.
What is 11?
200
These two industries increased during the years following the Civil War.
What are mining and manufacturing?
200
This is known as the business and financial center of the South.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
300
This large river joins the Mississippi River.
What is the Ohio River?
300
This was the 1st permanent European settlement in what would become the United States.
What is St. Augustine, Florida?
300
This was the name given to people who opposed slavery.
What is abolitionist?
300
After the Civil War, Southern plantation owners sold their land or rented plots to these people.
Who were sharecroppers?
300
This Southern state is known for its technology and scientific research.
What is North Carolina?
400
This is the southernmost state in the South.
What is Florida?
400
The first to reach Florida in 1513 where he searched for the Fountain of Youth.
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
By 1860, the South had about this many slaves.
What is 4 million?
400
African Americans won equal rights through this 1954 landmark court ruling.
What is Brown v Board of Education?
400
Many immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and other regions flock to this Southern state.
What is Florida?
500
This is a long island that lies parallel to the coast and protects the coast from ocean winds and waves.
What is a barrier island?
500
This first English colony founded in Virginia was almost destroyed by starvation, disease, Indian attacks, and quarrels.
What is Jamestown?
500
He was President of the United States during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
This insect destroyed cotton crops in the early 1900s.
What is the boll weevil?
500
Southern residents honor the South's tradition of these two social qualities.
What are courtesy and hospitality?
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