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THE MIDWEST• States
Midwest • Includes:
Midwest Environment• Rainfall decreases…
• Steppe – Prairie – Forest
S P F
Midwest Agriculture• Conditions for agri.– Terrain
– Soil
Midwest Agriculture• Water– Rain
– Groundwater• Ogallala Aquifer • Irrigation
Corn • “Corn Belt”
Corn• Used for:– 20%
– 40%
– 40%
Soybeans• Easier to grow…
– Effect on soil
– Climate tolerance
Soybeans Uses• Uses:
Wheat• States
• Drier…
Wheat Harvest
Dairy Farming• States
WISCONSIN
Problems with Midwest Agriculture• Unpredictable …
• Small farmers - vulnerable– Family farms
– Corporate farms
– Rural population
US Manufacturing Belt• Great Lakes to Northeast
• Why there?
–Resources …
–Water transport…
–Large markets (cities) …
–Historical events…
US Auto Industry• Detroit, MI
• Henry Ford – Detroit native– Improved …
– Assembly line
• “Big Three” US auto makers– Based in …
– Decline …
• Competition …
Detroit, MI• Detroit Pistons
• “Motor City”
• “Motown”
Ohio• Manufacturing– Affected by …
– Cleveland• On …
• Between:
– Akron
– Toledo
IRON
COAL
Cleveland
Michigan• 2 Peninsulas– Lower Peninsula
– Upper Pen.
• Surrounded by …
Sault Ste Marie, MI• Canal between Lakes …
Battle Creek, MI
1910 465,766 725,064 867,2501920 993,678 1,426,704 1,639,0061930 1,568,662 2,325,739 2,655,3951940 1,623,452 2,544,287 2,911,6811950 1,849,568 3,219,256 3,700,4901960 1,670,144 4,012,607 4,660,4801970 1,514,063 4,490,902 5,289,7661980 1,203,368 4,387,783 5,203,2691990 1,027,974 4,266,654 5,095,6952000 951,270 4,441,551 5,357,5382010 713,777 4,296,250 5,218,852
Detroit, MI• Population
Detroit Ethnicity• City of Detroit– Black
– Median family income
• Oakland County (suburb)– White
– Median family income
• 8 Mile Road
Detroit Ethnicity• Arab-Americans
Indiana• Agriculture
Indianapolis• Capital
• Hub
• Auto industry
Gary, IN• Industry
South Bend, IN• University
Southern Indiana• Quarries
• Bloomington
• “Breaking Away”
Illinois• Chicago– 3rd largest city…
– On Lake _______________
– Canal to link Chicago to …
–Water access …
Chicago• Railway hub
• Air hub
• Economic center of Midwest
Chicago Ethnicity
Wisconsin• Main cities …
• Forests …
Wisconsin• German immigrants
• Milwaukee
Minnesota• Prairie/Forest Transition
Minnesota• Voyageurs Nat’l Park
Mesabi Range• Iron Ore …
• Duluth…
Minnesota• Lake of the Woods
Minnesota• Source of the Mississippi River– Falls …
• Head of navigation…
Minneapolis-St. Paul• “Twin Cities”
• Immigrants
Minneapolis-St. Paul• Original home to …
• Now…
• Target Center…
Minneapolis-St. Paul• Food Processing
• 3M
Minneapolis-St. Paul• Mall of America
Iowa• Xlnt Soil & Agriculture
• Rural Urban migration
Missouri• Mississippi River…
• Missouri River…
• St. Louis …– “Gateway to the _______”
Kansas City, MO• Largest city…
• On _____________ River
• Start of overland trails westward
Ozark Plateau, MO
• Branson
Joplin, MO• 2011
Tornado Alley
Kansas• Severe weather
Kansas Tornado Damage
Kansas• Winter Wheat– Planted in …
– Sprouts before …
– Harvested …
Wichita, KS• Largest city–Manufacturing
Nebraska• Platte River
• Oregon Trail…
• Chimney Rock
Nebraska• Settled mainly from 1860s
• Homestead Act, 1862
• Trans-Continental RR, 1869
Omaha, NE• Largest City
South Dakota• Higher elevations …
• Black Hills
South Dakota• ______________ Indians
• Chief Crazy Horse Monument
• Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota• Badlands Nat’l Park
Sturgis, SD
Sioux Falls, SD• Largest city
North Dakota• Red River on eastern border– Old ….
– Xlnt soil
– Spring Wheat
North Dakota• Theodore Roosevelt Nat’l Park
Fargo, ND
North Dakota
• Missouri River dams
Missouri River• Lewis & Clark Expedition
(1804-1806)
North Dakota• Energy Resources