States
This peninsula is known as the "sunshine state".
What is Florida?
The capital of Mississippi which is located east of the Mississippi River.
What is Jackson?
These were large farms that produced valuable cash crops through the use of slaves.
What were plantations?
What is to put back soil, trees and plants into the land that was destroyed.
Our federal Government is located here, among the Southeast states, but it is not considered a state itself.
What is Washington DC?
This State is known as the "heart of Dixie" which borders the Gulf of Mexico, has a capital city of Montgomery.
This capital is located in the "Mountain State" of West Virginia.
What is Charleston?
The main causes of this were the Southeast states wanted to slavery to remain legal and they attempted to secede from the country because of it.
What is the Civil War?
Islands made of sand, soil and shells that have built up over time by waves are called this.
What are barrier islands?
A place along the coast were goods what are traded get imported or exported are called this.
What is a port?
This state is not only the location of a busy port in the southeast,with many Bayous, but it is also the home of Jazz music.
What is Louisiana?
This capital city of Virginia is located inland, not on the coast.
What is Richmond?
The Native Americans used these for daily life - to make clothing, homes, weapons, and food.
What are natural resources?
The climate of the Southeast makes it a good place for these activities - which are important to the economy.
What are:
-farming
-tourism (beaches/resorts)
These are two examples of port cities in the Southeast.
What are:
- New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Baltimore, Miami, Nofolk, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Port Everglades (must name two)?
In this state, the Bluegrass state, you could visit Mammoth Cave.
What is Kentucky?
This capital city of Arkansas is the where our 42 President was from.
What is Little Rock?
In the Civil War, the North army was called the "Union" and the South army was called this.
What is the Confederacy?
This pass through the Appalachian Mountains allowed settlers to from the Coast to find new land East of the mounatains.
What is the Cumberland Gap?
The branch of government within the state that makes the laws.
What is the State Legislature?
This state borders the Atlantic Ocean and is the home to "Fort Sumter" where the first battle of the Civil War took place.
What is South Carolina?
In this capital city (in the home state of Mr. Earl) you would pronounce "window" by saying "winder" and "pillow" by saying "piller".
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
This was one effect of the Civil War.
What is...
- Slavery was ended
-slaves were freed
-the United States remained a whole country
Because so much of the Southeast is made up of coastal land, their economy relies mainly on these two industries.
What are tourism and trade (importing/exporting)?
One of the newer industries that is an important part of the economy that involves inventing or building computers and electronic equipment is this.
What is the high-tech industry?