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American Culture 1
1: Regions
- Geographical
- Atlantic Plain
- From New England to mid TX
- Poor soil, fertile citrus region, Cotton Belt in South
- Oil, gas
- Threats: water pollution, fertilizers, oil-drilling
- Piedmont
- Fertile plateau
- Rising to Appalachians
- Rivers from Atlantic waterfalls
- 1st industrial cities (waterpower)
- Appalachians
- Mountains from Canada to Alabama
- Iron, building stone, coal
- Depressed area
- Obama: clean wind & solar energy
- Central Lowland
- From NY state to central TX, north to Canada
- Iron, coal
- US industrial core
- Varies in rainfall & temperature
- Soil: agriculture
- Great Plains
- Semi-arid
- Between CA & MX
- Buffalo grass
- Ranching
- Coal
- Cordillera Mountain Chains
- From Great Plains to Pacific coast
- Canyons, deserts, active volcanoes
- American Cordillera
- Gold, copper, lead
- CA & WY
- Oil, gas
- Colorado Plateau
- Uranium, oil shale, soft coal
- Alaska
- Fragile tundra
- Mountains, plateaus, valleys
- Cold inland climate
- Coast: temperate climate
- Hawaii
- Natural riches (vegetable)
- Commercial forest
- Tropical farming
- Trade winds, volcanic mountains
- Atlantic Plain
- Cultural
- North-East
- New England
- Cradle of US industry
- Leader in health care, research, edu
- Business, high tech
- Tourist industry
- Mid-Atlantic
- Commercial hub
- Port cities, waterpower
- Ethnically diverse
- Manufacturing belt
- Eco decline, urban decay
- NYC
- From Maine through Maryland (S) to Ohio (W)
- US birthplace
- Nation's eco & cult center
- Densely populated, post-industrial
- Liberal, educated
- New England
- South
- 11 states from VA to TX
- Confederacy
- Border states
- From W-VA to OK
- Heart of slavery
- From W-VA to OK
- Climate & soil: cash crops
- Agriculture still important
- Civil Rights Act
- Polarized
- Growing Latino population
- Southern hospitality, conservative
- Religious
- Culture of honor
- Religious
- Rednecks
- 11 states from VA to TX
- Mid-West
- US heartland
- States bordering Great Lakes
- States W of Mississippi River from MO & KS north to Canada
- Social compass, populist, easy-going
- Birth of Republican Party
- 'Agri-business'
- Eco & environmental recovery
- West
- South-West
- Warm, dry
- Hispanic history
- Ranching, farmlands, mining, petroleum, tourism
- Mountain States
- Las Vegas & Reno
- Gambling
- Salt Lake City
- Computer software & tech
- Nevada
- Gambling & prostitution legalization
- Pacific North-West
- People & Business relocation to WA & OR
- Goal: preserve environment & quality of life
- Mixed economy
- Myth
- Freedom, future
- Young, liberal, demo on coast (Cali)
- Hollywood
- South-West
- Alaska
- Fishing, hunting, logging
- Oil development
- Rapid population growth
- Highest per-capita income in US
- Rapid population growth
- Hawaii
- Liberal
- Obama
- Plantations
- Asians
- Majority
- Asians
- Tourism
- Urban
- Liberal
- North-East
- African Americans
- Previously mostly in S
- Now spread out, urban areas
- Great Migration, Second Great Migration
- Southern 'Black Belt"
- Dialect
- Previously mostly in S
- NE vs SE
- NE
- Self-doubt, self-restraint, gun control
- SE
- Higher assault rate, stand-your-ground laws, "honor culture", 95% of executions
- NE
- IS US BECOMING MORE CULTURALLY POLARIZED?
- Mobility
- Partisan isolation
- Like-minded communities
- Partisan isolation
- Dominant cultures from early colonial period still affect cultural regions
- Mobility
- Geographical
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- American Culture Mind Map on American Culture 1, created by Aaricia Herygers on 22/07/2019.
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