The United States, Chapter 9, Section 2 The South, Growth of Industry of The Changing South...

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The United States,Chapter 9, Section 2

The South,Growth of Industry

of The Changing South

Jamestown,Virginia

Space CampHuntsvilleAlabama

Florida Everglades The Alamo

Many farmers once depended on cotton

for their income.

Today, many farmers grow or produce a wide variety of crops and animals for their income.

LivestockPeach Tree

Peanut PlantsRice Fields

Some of the main crops in the South include:

Wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, citrus fruits,pecans and peanuts.

Texas is mostly known for growing wheat and cotton.

Louisiana and Arkansas are mostly known forgrowing rice and sugarcane.

Florida and Texas are mostly known for cultivating citrus fruits. But what are citrus fruits?

Georgia is known for growing pecans and peanuts.

The cities continue to New York,

Philadelphia and ending in the Nation’s

Capital, Washington DC.

Oil and natural gas are drilled for in

the states of Louisiana,

Oklahoma, and Texas.

Texas oil wells, below and

rightNatural gas ,

top left

Coal is mined in the states of

Alabama, Kentucky, West

Virginia and Tennessee

Southern states are leading

producers of salt, sulfur and

zinc.Mining Their Own Business

Sulfur, aboveZinc, below

Salt, left

Chesapeake Bay area is famous for its shellfish

All the Southern states enjoy an active timber industry

One of the South's most

important industries is the textile industry.

Today, the South is enjoying a great deal of growth in new industries, such as high-technology industry,

aerospace and cable television

Most of the South’s important cities play an important role in transportation

The South’s sunny skies and warm weather attracts

tourists

Reviewing Key Terms:

petrochemicals

industrialization

Sun Belt

Substances like plastics and

asphalt are called petrochemicals

The change from an agriculture-based economy to an industry-based economy is called industrialization

Population continues to grow in the Sun Belt. Some come for the jobs in industry, but more move

to warm weather to retire.

The South is part of the Sun Belt,

which is an area of

America. It stretches from the southern Atlantic coast to the coast of

California.”