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THE SOUTH
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THE SOUTH TABLE OF 3

Contents
0 1 . O V E RV I E W

0 2 . T H E S O U T H B E F O R E T H E C I V I L WA R

0 3 . T H E C I V I L WA R

04. CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE SOUTH

05. THE MISSISSPPI RIVER

THE SOUTH TABLE OF 3

Contents
0 6 . E LV I S

07. NEW ORLEANS

08. FLORIDA

0 9 . O K E F E N O K E E S WA M P

1 0 . AT L A N T A
ERVIEW
THE SOUTH

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OVERVIEW
Area
Southern United States has
an area of 2.383.000 square
kilometers.

Population
South America’s population
as of 2020 has been
estimated at more than 126
million.
Introduction
The Southern United States
referred to as
• the Southern States
• the American South
• Dixie
• the Southland
• the South
The South is a geographic and cultural
region of the United States of America.
States
Alabama Louisiana
Arkansas Maryland
Delaware Mississippi
Florida North Carolina
Georgia Oklahoma
Kentucky South Carolina

Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
federal district - District of Columbia
Climate
• The South is a diverse
meteorological region with
numerous climatic zones.
• Most of the South fall in the humid
subtropical climate zone.
Religions
Large percentages of Protestants,
especially black Protestants, are very
religious.

Languages
Southern American English or Southern
U.S. English is a regional dialect.
BEFORE
THE SOUTH

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THE SOUTH
BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
The economy
Heavily dependent on agriculture
• a warm climate
• a long growing season for crops
 By the 1820s
• produced and exported rice, sugar,
especially cotton
• felt no need to develop factories
• remained rural

The South had many large farms

 The best grown
cotton crop

required a large
labor force.
White people African
Slavery

The basis for the

South's economy
The whites in the old South didn’t live an elegant life.
 The appearing and the strong developing
of culture

(S) - American African

 Spirituals
A genre of Christian music, which
merged African cultural heritage
with the experiences of being held
in bondage in slavery, described
the extreme hardships endured by
African Americans.
 Religion
a driving force during slavery

had their preachers, their own

secret religious

created powerful stories

 Before the Civil War
• Each developed differently but without
conflict
• Conflicts came when the nation began
to expand West
• Congress passed a series of laws that
were compromise
• In the end, the compromises failed,
and was one of the factors that led to
the Civil War.
WAR
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The
CIVIL WAR
 The War
1981: The Southern states seceded
separate from the Union new
nation: The Con-federate States of
America

Lasted 4 years The number of

American people died higher

Most battles was fought in The South

The North: had certain great
advantages over the South
>< had the more difficult
task - conquest rather than
defense.

Many of the nation's top military

leaders came from Southern states
+ joined the Southern cause
 QUICK QUESTION
Why were there so many deaths in the
American Civil War?
Effect of the Civil War
The war finally ended in 1865 The
South had been devastated

The state of Virginia: 26 major battles

and over 400 smaller fights.
The most important long - term
effect: "THE END OF SLAVERY"

Black Americans were made citizens

and were given the right to vote.
 Helped transform the nation's The North became much
economy and way of life. more industrialized

The war effort required more "It does not seem to me as if I were living
factories and better transportation in the country in which I was born" - One
systems. Northerner commented after the war
 QUICK QUESTION
What event led some Southern states to secede?
(Hint: The answer to this question is not in the passage.
You'll find it by solving the puzzle.)
RIGHTS
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Civil Rights
Civil Rights in
in the
the
South
South
 The Rise of Segregation

The 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

ended slavery, made blacks
citizens, and gave black
Americans the right to vote

It seemed as though the former slaves might be incorporated into

American life on an equal basis with other citizens
 But this did not happen for
two main reasons...

There was no real

land reform
Racism.
Most blacks still owned no
property
 The separation of
blacks and whites
Whites:
• used violence against blacks
• lynching became common
 Every state had laws
enforcing segregation
Whites
Keep blacks from voting
 The Civil Rights Movement
Timeline
1955: The Montgomery bus boycott

1956: The U.S. Supreme ruled that

bus segregation was against the law of
the United States

The mid-1960s: The Civil Rights

Movement had gotten the attention of
the nation and of Congress
After World War II

They were less unwilling to put up

with unequal conditions
THE MONTGOMERY

BUS BOYCOTT
Rosa Parks Rosa refused to give up her seat, she was
arrested and fined
1955: the Black community of
Montgomery, Alabama, launched a
boycott lasted 381 days that would
change history.

1956: The U.S. Supreme ruled that

bus segregation was against the law
of the United States
 THE GRATE LEADER
Minister of the Dexter Avenue Baptist
Church in Montgomery, Alabama

Advocated nonviolence protest

Had partly organized the boycott

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

In the early 1960, there were

many sit-ins, for example:

sit at segregated lunch

counters

were voter registration

drives, in which volunteers
registered people to vote
 They often met violence
responses...

On the part of mobs and the police. Civil rights workers were jailed, beaten,
and sometimes even mudered
 The mid-1960s, Congress had passed laws:

Making segregation illegal

Making job discrimination illegal

Strengthening voting rights

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil
Rights Act in 1964
 DREAM OF TRUE EQUALITY
Kings was convinced that problems of poverty - of blacks and whites
had to be dealt with.

In 1968, he was organizing a Poor

People's Campaign On April 4th, King was assassinated
DISCUSS
SISSIPPI
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER
 Brief Overview
It’s called the Father of the waters by Indians

The Missis-sippi drains all The Upper, the Middle Mississippi,

or part of 31 states the Lower Mississippi
 Location
Its source is Lake Itasca at 450 meters

It’s run 2.300 miles , from Min-nesota to the Gulf of Mexico

 Location
The Mississippi River drains most of the area
between the Rocky Mountains and the
Appalachian Mountains

With the exception of areas that are led from

Hudson Bay by the Red River, the Great Lakes,
and the Great Lakes.
 History
• Early History
Early explorers of the Mississippi mainly found
disappointment

• Hoped the Mississippi would be a

Because passage to the Orient
• The Frenchman La salle was killed
by his own men

In 1803, The United States wanted to buy New Orleans, at

the mouth of the Mississippi from the French
 Steamboats
In 1811, The steamboat was
introduced to the Mississippi

The steamboat New Orleans proved

them all wrong , by traveling from
Pittsburgh to New Orleans and back

Steamboat were a great success and the

value of goods carried on the
Mississippi
 Steamboat
It’s became large and luxuries , had a ballrooms, pianos, velvet chair….
 Commerce and Memories

Commerce
At the end of the 19th century, the
Mississippi lost out to railroads

Today, The river is more important

then ever commerce
 Commerce and Memories

Sad Memories

This is the dreadful memory I carry

of the loss of Richard Bedard
 Mark Twain’s River
Someone said that “No writer captured the Mississippi River
better than Mark Twain”
Twain knew the river well

As a boy , he almost As a young, he was a

drowned in it nine times riverboat pilot
 Mark Twain’s River
Twain’s Huckleberry Fin may be the greatest American novel ever written
It tells the adventures of Huck Finn a runaway boy, Huck and Jim
 Discuss

The Delta Queen or Huck's raft? Which would you choose for your
trip on the Mississippi ? Tell why
 Delta Queen
The Delta Queen is an American sternwheel steamboat. She is known for
historically cruising the major rivers that constitute the tributaries of the
Mississippi River

Built in 1927, she is the last surviving steam-powered overnight passenger

boat plying the watershed of the Mississipp
 Huck's Raft

It’s appear in the Twain’s Huckleberry Finn.It’s bring the fear, a

little bit dangerous for reader about the trip.
ELVIS
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ELVIS
 ELVIS PRESLEY
• Born in 1935 in
Mississippi
• His family was poor
• Moved to Memphis
What influenced Elvis and his music?

• His mother
• Revivals
• Memphis
 Fame
Recorded a song at Memphis
Recording Studio

First record was made that called "

That's All Right, Mama"

By 1955, three songs on the national

charts and signed contract with RCA.
The Reaction

"unspeakably untalented and vulgar"

"no discernible singing ability"

Elvis and rock and roll were blamed for the

nation's problem.
The Later Years

• Came out the army, he

turned to acting
• 1968, live performances
• He had problems with
personal life
• Died in 1977 at age 42
The Later Years
RLEANS
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New
New Orleans
Orleans
 Brief Overview

The city of New Orleans is New Orleans has a

located in the southern US state of humid subtropical climate
Louisiana.
 History

New Orleans was founded by the French in

1718 through its period of Spanish control,
then briefly back to French rule before being
acquired by the United States in the
Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
 Culture
New Orleans has taken elements from many cultures and created its own
unique culture.
 Sightseeing

The French Quarter, or Vieux Carré, was the original city of New Orleans.
 Bourbon Street

The most well-known street in

New Orleans is Bourbon Street.

The heart of the French Quarter,

Bourbon Street is where the party
never ends.
 Directions
NEW ORLEANS HAS ITS OWN SET OF
DIRECTIONS

Directions refer to the Mississippi:

"Uptown", for example, means "upstream”

North, South, Lakeside, Riverside,

East, West Downtown, Uptown
Food

a café au lait (coffee with milk) with a Beignet

 Café au lait

Strong coffee

Hot or steamed milk

coffee = milk
Café au lait (“coffee with milk” in French)
 Beignet

Dough is fried

Covered with
powdered sugar
 Food

Red beans and rice Boiled crawfish Gumbo

 Music and Festivals
New Orleans is where jazz and the blues really got started.

Jazz clubs on Bourbon Street

Music and Festivals
New
Orleans
Jazz
and
Heritage
Festival.
 Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (in French means Fat Tuesday) is the city's most famous festival.

Beginning on Twelfth Night,

January 6

Mardi Gras in New Orleans come

alive with music, art, and costumed
revelers in the street.
 Mardi Gras
The official colors of Mardi Gras
are purple, gold, and green.

KING'S CAKE is eaten all

throughout Carnival season.

It is unlawful not to wear

a mask while afloat.
ORIDA
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FLORIDA
America's Vacationland
Florida: America 's
Vacationland
Florida is a state located
in the Southeastern region
of the United States

Population: over 21 million

Known as "The Sunshine state"
Regions
1. Northwest Florida
2. North Central Florida
3. Northeast Florida
4. Central West Florida
5. Central Florida
6. Central East Florida
7. Southwest Florida
8. Southeast Florida
FLORIDA FLAG
 DISNEY'S MAGIC KINGDOM

When you come to Disney's

Magic Kingdom you can go
main street, see a town from
1990
 Disney Enchantment

Entertainment located in Main street

 DISNEY'S EPCOT CENTER

- Disney’s EPCOT Center is newer than the Magic Kingdom

- Technology more advanced
Beacon of Magic

Spaceship Earth
has transformed into a
”Beacon of Magic” for
Disney World’s 50th -
anniversary celebration
VENICE

Venice is home to the

Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Sport

Baseball player also

rehearse’’ in Florida
before starting out
Palm Beach

Palm Beach is the place for

those who prefer polo

This place for the wealthy- an

agency provides tours in
chauffeured Rolls Royces
 The Florida Keys

Key Largo has a huge The Florida Keys are a series of

underwater park coral and limestone island
 Florida has many
people who come
to stay

They even have

entire communities
that are only for
older people
EFENOKEE
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Okefenokee Swamp
Okefenokee is an Indian word for "land of the trembling earth"
 Okefenokee
Swamp
• S: 177000 ha
• One of the Seven Natural
Wonders of Georgia
• The largest "blackwater"
swamp in North America
Florida black bear
ATLANTA
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ATLANTA
"CAPITAL" OF THE NEW
SOUTH
 Atlanta
• Atlanta is the capital of
New South.
• The Most populous city of
the U.S. state of Georgia.
• S: 343 square kilometer
• Population: more than 5
million people
Coca-Cola The world's second largest airport
 world's busiest airport in 2012

95 million passengers
(more than 260,000 passengers per
day)
 IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN
BLACKS AND WHITES

In 1974 Maynard Jackson

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