 | Term | Definition |
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Southeast & Gulf States |
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi |
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Ponce de Leon |
the first Spanish explorer to set foot in the U.S., he founded St. Augustine |
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Hernando de Soto |
he was one of the first European explorers to cross the Mississippi River |
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Spaniards explored the SE & Gulf States because |
they were searching for gold and silver |
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Conditions that make farming possible are |
water, rich soil, good climate |
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Cash Crops grown in SE & Gulf States |
cotton, rice, indigo, sugar cane |
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Confederacy |
the South during the Civil War |
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Union |
the North during the Civil War, U.S. |
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Slavery |
illegal in the North, legal in the South |
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Manufacturing |
North |
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Farming |
South on the flat, rich land |
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Abraham Lincoln |
President of the U.S. during the Civil War |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
freed the slaves |
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Growing Season |
time which the weather is warm enough for plants to grow |
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Plantation |
huge farm |
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Cash Crop |
crop people sell rather than use it themselves |
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Abolish |
to end |
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Secede |
to leave |
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Civil War |
war between one country |
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Food processing |
cooking, canning, drying, or freezing of food and the preparing of it for the market |
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Pulp |
soft mixture of things to make paper |
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Fertilizer |
materials added to the soil to make it more fertile |
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Fast-growing Industries in the SE & Gulf States |
tourism, high-tech, space, engineering, research |
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Swamp |
low, wetland where trees and bushes grow |
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Sunbelt |
wide area of the southern U.S. that has a mild climate all year |
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Raw Material |
resource that can be used to manufacture a product |
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International Trade |
trade between two different countries |
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National Trade |
trade among states or regions of the same country |
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Mainland |
continent of part of a continent nearest to an island |
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Barrier Islands |
low, narrow island near a coast |
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Key West |
the largest city in the Florida Keys |
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Tropics |
a band of warm climate close to the equator |
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Territory |
a place owned by a country, Virgin Islands |
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Commonwealth |
territory that governs itself, Puerto Rico |
