INLAND SOUTH

- Introduction- The “New South”

- Introduction

o Core: Inland Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolinao Parts of: Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana o Inland South: Piedmont and Inland part of the Coastal Plain (Piedmont Hills)o Mississippi River Culture:

Steamboat Commerce: 1830 to 1870—Replaced by railroads Mark Twain

o Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Jim (runaway slave) and Huck Finn (1884): “The Great American Novel”

o Dixie, Deep South, Old South, Cotton Belt, Bible Belt, Confederacyo “The New South”

- The NEW SOUTHo The Great Migrationo 1916-1930: 1.6 million migrantso Total of 6 million by 1970

- The New Great Migrationo The New Great Migration: Black Americans’ Return to the South, 1965-2000

By William H. Freyo Blacks Return to Southern Roots

By Larry Copeland, USA Todayo Atlanta is the #1 destination for blacks returning to the South

- The New Great Migrations: 2010 Census: Datao Majority (55%) of the USA’s blacks live in the Southo College-educated African-Americans leading this migration, some retirees o Atlanta is the #1 destination for black migrants, since the late 1990s, without migration

from NY, Chicago, LA and other cities of the North, Midwest and Westo Now, highest black population is in NYC, 2nd highest in Atlanta

- Atlanta (metro) and Detroit (city and metro) have higher % of City’s population that is Black (as compared to NYC)—NYC larger number, but smaller % of population

o Three reasons for reversal of blacks’ “Great Migration” north: The South’s economic growth and modernization Its improved race relations The longstanding cultural and kinship ties it holds for black families

Result: augmented a sizeable and growing black middle class in the South’s major metropolitan areas

- Southern Culture- Legacieso Dialect (extent of “Southern American English”)o Cuisine and Southern Hospitality

Fried Catfish Barbequed Ribs Fried Chicken Collard or Mustard Greens

o A “Pig Pickin” is a pig roast where at whole hog is barbecued at parties/gatherings: Weddings Family reunions Birthdays Political gatherings Tailgaters at football games

o Others Foods Hush Puppies Corn Pone Grits

These three are all made of corn Buttermilk biscuits with gravy or sorghum molasses

o Additional: Mint Julep (bourbon drink) Sweet Tea Pecan Pie Sweet Potato Pie

o Sports Football UNC Tar Heels

“Tar Heel”- nickname for people from North Carolina, because pitch from Pitch Pine trees was a major export from NC in 19th century

From Pitch Pine: Pitch, tar, and turpentine used to coat boards used in the construction of railroads, ships, bridges, and wharves; for mine timbers, etc.

Nascar National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

o Is a family-owned and operated business that sanctions and governs auto racing events (1947): Daytona Beach, Florida

And Charlotte, North Carolina o Music

Country, Rock Blues, Gospel

Grand Old Opry, Nashville, TN (Flooded: May 2010, reopened Sept. 2010) Started as the “WSM Barn Dance” in a radio station studio in Nashville

in 1925 On October 2, 1954, a teenage Elvis Presley made his first (and only)

performance there. After the show, the Opry manager told Elvis that he ought to return to Memphis to resume his truck-driving career.

Robert Johnson (1911-1938) The “Father of Blues”—Delta Blues Influenced Muddy Waters Performers of Johnson’s songs: Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, Led

Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers Eric Clapton: Crossroads

o “Robert Johnson was the king of that era… Everyone after took something from his songs

o “It [crossroad] was the first thing that shook me up”o The New Economy

Atlanta: Diversified economy Conventions and trade shows HQs of Coca-Cola Company Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta

o Big window to the sea. A symphony of fish at world’s largest indoor aquarium

Charlotte, North Carolina Major banking and insurance center “Hubquarter” of Wells Fargo National Headquarters of Bank of America

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas DFW or The Metroplex Petroleum, telecommunications, computer technology

Manufacturing in the “New South” Part of Detroit’s decline is the result of the South’s rise as an

automobile manufacturing center:o But even the South’s manufacturing was hit by the recession

Automobile Manufacturers- Foreign: Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan and Volkswagen,

have plants in:o Inland South: Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and South

Carolinao Appalachia: Kentucky, Tennessee

GM has factories in Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas

Ford: Two factories in Kentucky o More manufacturing in the “New South” because: No or weaker

unions in the South Lower pay of workers Cheap energy from the TVA

Research Triangle “Park” (or the “Triangle”) Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill

o Duke University at Durhamo UNC at Chapel Hillo North Carolina State University in Raleigh

Offices of high-tech companies o IBM, Intel, Verizon, Microsofto 106 companies are research and development related

- Potential Long Answero Summarize the class material on The Great Migration and The New Great Migration

Use 2010 Census data 3 reasons why they moved

SOUTHEAST COAST

- Introo East of the Rio Grande to North Carolinao Houston, TXo Baton Rouge, LAo New Orleans, LAo Mobile, AL

- Physical Environmento Geology and Hydrology

Coastal Plaino Bayou: Extremely slow-moving stream or a marshy lake or wetland; freshwater or

brackish (slightly salty) water Cypress trees In both freshwater and brackish water: Manatee and Alligator

o Sawgrass Plains: Everglades National Park, Florida Burmese Pythons are taking over the Everglades Killing native species

o Mississippi River and its Delta

Largest drainage basin in US River’s mouth: Sand deposited Forms a delta Mississippi River delta is shrinking, because of:

Some of the sand is trapped in reservoirs behind dams upstream, so the delta is partly “starved” of sediment

Drained wetlands in and near the delta to use for agriculture and urban land

Sea level rise caused by melting glaciers (climate change)o Coast Louisiana is losing 24 square miles of wetlands each year

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