1. Southern Region States

2. Southern Region States
 Native americans, early European settlers
(Spanish, English, German, French, Irish)
enslaved Africans
 Maintain strong loyalty to family ties
 More conservative than non-Southeners in
the areas of religion, morality, international
relations and race relations
 Long summers and short, mild winters
 Crops grow easily in the South
 Highest religious attendance figures in the
nation (Protestant Christianity)

3. Southern Region States
 LOWER PERCENTAGES than the
rest of the US:
 High school graduates
 Housing values
 Household income
 Cost of living

4. Arkansas (AR)
 Pronounced as ARkanSAW – to honor
the Indians who originally inhabited
the state
 Mount Ida is known as the Quartz
Crystal Capital of the World.
 Alma claims to be the Spinach Capital
of the World
 General Douglas MacArthur, soldier
and statesman, was born in Little
Rock
 Milk is the official state beverage

5. Arkansas (AR)
 Hope city, where bill Clinton was born
 French interpretation of a Sioux word:
acansa, meaning "downstream place
 STATE MOTTO: regnat populous =
the people rule

6. Arkansas (AR)
EXAMPLE OF THEIR
ACCENT

7. Florida (FL)
 internationally known for tennis, golf,
auto racing, and water sports
 Benjamin Green invented the first
suntan cream in Miami Beach
 first bank automated teller machine
 Dive Capital of the World.

8. Florida (FL)
 STATE MOTTO: In God We Trust
 It expresses a definite faith in a deity
referred to as God

9. Florida (FL)
EXAMPLE OF THEIR
ACCENT

10. Georgia (GA)
 number one producer of the three Ps--
peanuts, pecans, and peaches in the US
 Watermelon capital of the world.
 Empire State of the South / Peach State
and Cracker State
 Where Coca-Cola was invented
 world's largest college campus (Berry
College)
 Juliette Gordon Low founded the girl
Scouts of America

11. Georgia (GA)
 STATE MOTTO: Wisdom, Justice,
Moderation

12. Georgia (GA)
EXAMPLE OF THEIR
ACCENT

13. North Carolina (NC)
 Largest producer of sweet potatoes in
the nation.
 Where Krispy Kreme Doughnut was
founded
 Pepsi was invented and first served in
New Bern
 furniture, tobacco, brick, and textile
production
 Where Dawson’s creek was filmed
 Where the first airplane was flown

14. North Carolina (NC)
 STATE MOTTO: "Esse Quam Videri"
or On Friendship

15. North Carolina (NC)
EXAMPLE OF THEIR
ACCENT

16. Tennessee (TN)
 Turtle Capital of the World
 Lost Sea in Sweetwater, the largest
underground lake in the US
 West Tennessee: most of state’s
cotton is grown
 East Tennessee: the Great Smoky
Mountains
 Middle Tennessee: fine horses and
mules

17. Tennessee (TN)
 STATE MOTTO: Agriculture and
Commerce

18. Tennessee (TN)
EXAMPLE OF THEIR
ACCENT

19. Virginia (VA)
 Known for the tobacco industry
 nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and
sometimes the "Mother of Presidents"
◦ 8 presidents were born in Virginia
◦ 7 presidents buried in Virginia
◦ 6 presidents’ wives were born in Virginia
 Where the Pentagon is located
 Home base for the United States
Navy's Atlantic Fleet.

20. Virginia (VA)
STATE MOTTO: "Thus always to
tyrants" = Get your foot off my neck
 originated with Marcus Brutus during
the assassination of Julius Caesar

21. Virginia (VA)
EXAMPLE OF THEIR
ACCENT

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