Southwest Region Flashcards
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- Mississippi
- large river
- plateau
- area of high flat land
- marsh
- wetland
- Coastal Plain
- flat land near the water
- Appalachian Mountains
- mountain range
- manufacturing
- making something by using machines
- textiles
- cloth
- New Orleans
- large port
- Popular tourist attractions
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1. Disney World 5. Myrtle B.
2. Kennedy space Center
3. Diamond Mines 6. New Or.
4. Williamsburg, Va. - Crops
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1. cotton 5. peanuts
2. soybeans 6. peaches
3. oranges
4. tobacco - Climate
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Hot-Humid Summers
Mild Winter and Coastal States get a lot of rain - Triangle Trade
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Africa to West Indies slaves;
West Indies to New York
Molasses;
New York to Africa
Guns, iron, rum - Effect of Cotton Gin on Slavery
- Cotton Gin took the seeds out of the cotton faster, so more cotton could be cleaned faster and shipped faster needing more slaves.
- Plantation
- Large farm worked by many slaves to grow tobacco, cotton, etc.
- Master
- Owner of the plantation and slaves that worked his land.
- Overseer
- watched over slaves
- Slave
- someone forced to work with no pay
- Big House
- where the master his and family lived
- Slave Quarters
- shacks where slaves lived in on a platation
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Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman -
A system of secret paths and routes for slaves to escape North.
A conductor who helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. -
Indentured Servants
Life -
A person who gave 7 years of their life to work for someone.
Worked for 7 years, then given seeds, ox, plow and other things to start their own lives. - Native Americans - Trail of Tears
- Journey Indians took to Indian Territory (Oklahoma)forced by government because gold was found on their land
- 13th Amdenment
- Abolish slavery
- 14th Amenement
- equal protection under the law
- 15th Amendment
- people of all races can now vote
- Jim Crow Laws
- Unjust laws in the South that made African Americans use separate bathrooms, water fountains, etc.
- Jackie Robinson
- 1st black major League baseball player
- Rosa Parks
- African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white person
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Boycotts
Sit Ins -
refuse to do business with someone (bus boycott)
A.A. sat at lunch counters to prove a point; non-violent -
Martin Luther King Jr.
"I Have a Dream": -
A.A. man who was a Civil Rights leader
Famous speech fiven by M.L.K. jr.