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I IIIIIIVV

These arose along the coastal plains due to the long growing season

plantations

Canal that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

Erie

Western border of the 13 colonies

Appalachian Mountains

Western border of the original United States

Mississippi River

Southern border of the United States at Texas

Rio Grande River

Right of deposit exists at the city on the Mississippi

New Orleans

The Homestead Act gave away free land in this region to prompt settlement

The Great Plains

The nickname for the dry plains region during the Great Depression

The Dust Bowl

The United States had plentiful deposits of this natural resource around Scranton PA

Coal

Deposits of this natural resource could be found in the Mesabi Range

Iron

The Oregon Trail’s most dangerous portion was in this mountain range

The Rocky Mountains

This region engaged in shipbuilding and whaling due to its proximity to the sea and forests

New England

Cash crop of the south that prompted the growth of slavery

Cotton

A major cash crop of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba in the late 1800s

Sugar Cane

This region was largely agricultural based in mid 1800s

The South

This region’s population has grown due to the elderly population and the movement of people to nicer weather

The South

This was built on the Colorado River and is a source for hydroelectric power

The Hoover Dam

This New Deal group worked to create parks and trails

The CCC

These crops deplete the soil of many of its nutrients

Corn, tobacco, wheat…

This allowed the US to stay relatively neutral in our early history

Geographic Isolation

This allowed our navy easier access to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Panama canal

This country’s close proximity made its communist alignment uncomfortable to the US government

Cuba

This lengthy border and poor economy of this country prompts large numbers of immigrants to the US from it

Mexico

This killed the fish in the Adirondack lakes

Acid Rain

The terrorists used this geographic marker to lead them to the Twin Towers on 9/11

The Hudson River