The Southern States

These are the Southern States in the U.S:

Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,  Maryland, District of Columbia.

In these states, we can find some of the major cities in the U.S, for example New Orleans Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami and Memphis.

 

The southwest states are the wettest and hottest states in the USA. This area is often troubled with heavy rain, thunderstorms and tornadoes. Summer is very hot, with temperatures above 100^o F several days. Although winter is only a short period in these states, freezing rain does occur.

It’s raining a lot in the southeast as well, but the winters here are short lived and mild. The spring, fall and summer is quite pleasant, with quite comfortable temperatures.

 

In my mind, the stereotypes living in this states is cowboys. I’m not sure if this is true or if this is just because of the movies I’ve watched… anyways, here is what I assume is a stereotypical person living in the southern states:

 

Before the 1960’s, the southern states had segregation between the whites and the colored. These states was actually some of the first states to have slaves (basically from Africa), and black people working at “white farms” was quite common. Fortunately, the southern states are now integrated.

 

The population in the southern states is approximately 96 000 000 all together.

 

Sources:

http://www.travelsouthusa.com/maps/default.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Southern_states.png

http://www.path2usa.com/usa-climate
http://www.cbrbull.com/index.php?page=news&n_id=459960