1. The South

2.  Location - closer to the Equator makes it warmer than other regions farther north - Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea bring precipitation to most of region (Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida)

3.  The warm/wet climate produces… - Mangroves- tropical trees that grow in swampy ground along coastal areas. - Bayous- marshy inlets of lakes and rivers of Louisiana

4. - Everglades- a large area of swampland covered in places with tall grass

5.  Semiarid Climate - the farther west you move within South, the less average precipitation - Oklahoma/Texas - prairies

6.  Rich Fertile Soil - Native American groups (Cherokee) grew maize, melons, squash - Europeans migrated to area/built plantations/enslavement- to grow rice, cotton, etc. * First permanent European settlements were located in South

7.  Textile Mills - What do they produce? - Where are they built  Oil Industry - Where did the oil industry begin in the south? - What is the leading source of industrial income?

8.  1840’s - Textile Mills - built on the fall line - an imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain - where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from plateau to coastal plain - produce a variety of fabrics (Carolinas)

9.  1901 - Oil Industry - began in eastern Texas - largest oil reserves located in this region  Petrochemical Industry -leading source of industrial income

10.  Continued Growth of Industry - Not all industry was related to agriculture. - New industries started to develop in Florida, Alabama, Texas (ex: the space industry) - Other industries moved/migrated to the south.

11.  Why did the South attract business? 1. 2. 3.

12.  South attracted businesses for several reasons.. - industrial plants were newer, better condition, more efficient - new factories could be built on land that was cheaper (than land in the megalopolis of the Northeast) - labor unions less common (cheaper labor costs)

13.  The Sunbelt - because of the South’s mild climate- this region has grown into a large retirement and tourism center - The sunbelt- is a band of southern states from the Carolinas to southern California (*is actually overlaps two regions- the South and the West*)

14.  Major Cities - New Orleans (major trading center near the mouth of the Mississippi River) - Miami (gateway to Caribbean and South America) - Georgia (airlines) - Houston, Texas (National Aeronautics and Space Administration –NASA). Also center for oil and banking industries

15.  Major Cities - Washington D.C. - not located in any state but in a district - carved from the states of Maryland and Virginia - chosen as nation’s capital in 1790