By:
Yesh Vempati
Ria Wadhawan
Daniel Yoon
Information about the region in various aspects…
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Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
http://historiayculturab2010.blogspot.com/2011/02/vbehaviorurldefaultvml-o.html
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Great Smoky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Plains
Blue Ridge Mountains
Everglades National Park
Mississippi River
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/c
ountrys/namerica/usstates/lgcolor/uscol
or.htm
Georgia +15.6%
-Total Population: 9,727,566
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Florida +15.1%
-Total Population: 18,900,773
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North Carolina +15.6%
-Total Population: 9,565,781
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Virginia +11.6%
-Total Population:8,037,736
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http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/d920507/en/fixed/470/302/Map_of_the_So
uthern_United_States_modern_definition.png?format=jpg
AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISPANIC/SPANISH
FRENCH
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN INDIAN
IRISH
GERMAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.svg
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Alabama: 2.9%
Arkansas: 4.0 %
Florida: 18.7%
Georgia: 9.1%
Kentucky: 2.8%
Louisiana: 3.1 %
Mississippi: 1.9%
North Carolina: 6.8%
South Carolina: 4.4%
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Tennessee: 4.1%
Virginia: 10.1%
West Virginia: 1.3%
http://www.123rf.com/photo_4332305_crowd-scene--a-largegroup-of-many-diverse-symbol-people-isolated-on-white.html
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July 28, 1896
2nd Biggest City in Florida
15+ Miles of Beaches
http://www.alexshay.com/miami-real-estate.asp
Vacation
Spot
Business
Hub
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Disney World- Orlando, Florida
http://wdw2.wdpromedia.com/media/wdw_nextgen/CoreCatalog/WaltDisneyWorld/en_US/Media/Int
ernetMediaType/Attraction/TheMagicCarpetsOfAladdin/CARPETS_1_998.jpg?t=2009-12-11T15:51:20
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Great Smoky Mountains- North Carolina
http://www.happytellus.com/img/greatsmoky-mountains/smoky-vista_636.jpg
http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/great-smokymountains-national-park-gatlinburg-tn213.jpg
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Kennedy Space Center- Florida
http://thedestinationcenter.com/images/touri
mages/91208100_1248810374.jpg
http://trekhound.com/wpcontent/uploads/2010/01/Kennedy-SpaceCenter-Bus.jpg
Gatorade was supposed to be only for the
University of Florida football team. The name
Gatorade came from the college mascot, the
“gators”.
http://www.discountool.com/cgi-tool/store/html/pages/Gatorade.shtml
http://mediacrushllc.com/2011/coca-cola-social-media/
In Vicksburg, Mississippi the
Coca-Cola we know was first
bottled for retail in 1894 in a
candy store.
http://alessandraajraldi.com/2009/09/coca-cola-light-and-coca-cola-zero-whats-thedifference/
Krispy Kreme donuts are from North
Carolina.
http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/01/letno-good-doughnut-go-unpunished-anti-abortiongroup-protests-krispy-cremes-freedom-of-choicedoughnut-giveaway
http://woldcnews.com/DCnews/joemadison/krispy-kremevs-prince-william-county/
KFC is from Corbin, Kentucky.
http://www.blackwood.caerphilly.sch.uk/departments/busine
ss.htm
http://www.infobarrel.com/Printable_Coupons%3A_KFC_Coupon_Savings
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Hushpuppies
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Fried Catfish
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Seafood
/FriedCatfish.htm
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http://whatscookingamerica.net/Bread/Hushpup
pies.htm
She Crab
Soup
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Chowder/SheCrabSoup.htm
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http://historiayculturab2010.blogspot.com/2011/02/vbehaviorurldefaultvml-o.html
New Orleans- Jazz
Wasn’t “invented”
Many Contributions
Many Variations from
Many Places
Home of Jazz
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Displaced Thousands
of People
Over 2/3 of New
Orleans Population,
now, less than 60%
29% Smaller
44% Less Kids
New Orleans Has a
Long Way to go
http://evanstextbook.wikispaces.com/Hurricane+Katrina
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potterâ„¢ Only at Universal Orlando
Resort. Web. 10 Sept. 2011. <http://www.universalorlando.com>.
"Great Smoky Mountains National Park Written Information
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<http://www.great.smoky.mountains.national-park.com/broc.htm>.
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Web. 10 Sept. 2011.
<http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/guided-tours.aspx>.
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2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Southern_United_States>.
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"State and County QuickFacts."State and County QuickFacts. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2011.
<http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html>.
"History - KFC.com." Welcome to KFC.com. Web. 11 Sept. 2011.
<http://www.kfc.com/about/history.asp>.
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<http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Krispy-Kreme-Doughnuts-IncCompany-History.html>.