1. Belts of the US

2. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
The Rust Belt
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania

3. The Rust Belt
In the 1960s, large numbers of white, middle- class Americans moved from older northeastern and midwestern cities to the South and to the West Coast
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania were previously industrial powerhouses with vibrant economies
Now, factories were closing down and people were losing their jobs

4. The Corn Belt
North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, *Illinois, *Indiana, Ohio

5. The Cotton Belt
What the south used to be known as because of agrarian poverty and backwardness

6. The Cotton Belt States known for growing and distributing cotton
Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina

7. The Sun Belt What the south, along with parts of the southwest became
The land of new opportunity

8. The Sun Belt Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Southern California
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Experiencing large population growth
1960s- growth spreading to places like Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, Miami, Tampa, Austin, and Nashville