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73 Cards in this Set
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New England (states) |
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Boston on the rise |
#1 innovation #1 life science and medicine #2 concentration of young adults (most educational institutions of any US city) |
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CarTalk |
Click and Clack = Tappet Brothers Boston accent |
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Fenway |
Oldest park in MLB |
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Philly and art |
Most outdoor sculptures of any US city |
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Philly & rivers |
Center of Delaware River basin, big manufacturing and distribution center (but declined since WWII) |
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Philly's biggest economic sectors |
Education and Health Services Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
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Philly and recession |
Slow economic growth, has not recovered from 2008 recession |
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Chesapeake Bay |
Baltimore harbor |
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Federal gov't in D.C. |
Fewer employees then in 1970s
Still important, but need fewer secretaries, office clerks, messengers (due to technology)
Other top area for fed. workers is Alaska |
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Occupy Wall Street |
Zuccotti Park, Manhattan 2011 |
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9/11 Memorial |
Largest man-made waterfalls in North America |
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Broadway shows |
Phantom = longest running Lion King = highest grossing |
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Yankee Stadium |
Bronx |
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Mets stadium (Citi Field) |
Queens |
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Bronx |
North of Manhattan |
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Queens |
East of Manhattan |
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Brooklyn |
South of Manhattan |
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Tulip Festival |
Albany Product of New York's Dutch heritage |
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Dutch names in NY |
Brooklyn = town in Netherlands Bronx = Bronck family Yonkers = Dutch phrase, "young man's property" |
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Ethnic succession |
Development of ethnically segregated communities Areas cycle through ethnicities as immigration patterns change (ex. Irish come first, move to suburbs as Chinese move into inner city, and so on) |
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Park Slope, Brooklyn |
Most desirable neighborhood in NYC |
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Brighton Beach |
Russian section of NYC |
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East Village, Manhattan |
Counterculture, beatniks/hippies in 1960s |
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Harlem |
Originally Dutch, northern Manhattan |
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Cotton Club |
Harlem jazz club in 1920s, 1930s |
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Blue Ridge Mountains |
Georgia to Pennsylvania Connected/related to Green Mountains |
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Mt. Mitchell |
North Carolina Taller than Mount Washington, tallest in Eastern US |
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Blue color of Blue Ridge Mtns. |
Trees release isoprene into atmosphere |
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Blue Ridge Parkway |
Connects Shenandoah National Park in VA w/ Great Smoky Mtns National Park in TN/NC Near Appalachian Trail |
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Great Smoky Mtns. National Park |
Most visited national park in US |
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Ridge and Valley |
Area west of Blue Ridge Mtns., northern Appalachians |
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Shenandoah Valley |
VA Part of Great Valley, which is part of larger Valley and Ridge area |
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Appalachian Plateau |
Formed from sedimentary rock (compacted)
Lots of shale |
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Fracking |
Fracturing shale to get natural gas and oil Valley & Ridge and Appalachian Plateau |
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Coal forms from... |
Peat from decayed plants |
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Open Pit Mining |
Also known as strip mining, mountaintop removal Lines up side of pit |
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Mountaintop Removal by state |
Biggest in Kentucky Second in West Virginia |
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Coal mining pollution |
Sludge dams Contaminate driving water |
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Percentage of coal power |
42% of US power from coal |
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Ozarks landscape |
Karst = soluble rocks like limestone dissolve and leave unique features |
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Ozark plateaus and mountains |
Salem Plateau Springfield Plateau Boston Mountains |
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Boston Mountains |
Arkansas Highest part of Ozarks |
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Missouri = ______ state |
Cave state (Bridal Cave) |
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Bonne Terre, Missouri |
Scuba dive in abandoned mine |
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Big Spring, Missouri |
Largest spring in Ozarks |
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Civilized tribes |
Cherokee and Seminole |
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Native American tobacco |
Used ceremonially, NOT for recreation |
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Cherokee and schools |
1800s - higher literacy rates than whites in Georgia First free, compulsory public school |
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Cherokee Nation |
Constitution in 1827 |
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Indian Removal Act |
1830 Fought against by John Ross, who won Supreme Court ruling est. Bureau of Indian Affairs, promised sovereignty and federal protection But Andrew Jackson ignored this with Trail of Tears and relocation to Oklahoma (Indian Territory) |
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Indian Removal Act of 1870 |
Forced them off once again, out of territory in Oklahoma |
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Cherokee population |
2nd biggest (Navajo first) |
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Scotch-Irish |
Immigrated to northern Ireland (Ulster), then to US |
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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee |
Hatfield-McCoy |
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Bill Monroe and Bluegrass Boys |
Father of bluegrass
Played mandolin |
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Earl Scruggs |
Made bluegrass popular |
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Coal production |
West Virginia #1 Kentucky #2, but most dependent on coal for employment |
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Appalachian vegetation |
Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Hardwood (oak, maple, hickory) Used in furniture, flooring, etc. |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Largest nuclear research center Key in Manhattan Project Nuclear energy, nanoscale materials, national security |
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Pittsburgh |
Just west of Appalachians Steel and iron town, manufacturing Collapse in 70s, 80s with transition away from manufacturing in US Renaissance II = modernization in high-tech business, health industries |
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Corporations in Ozarks |
Tyson ConAgra Trucking companies Walmart |
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Bentonville, Arkansas |
HQ of Walmart |
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Dollywood |
Also Pigeon Forge, Tennessee |
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Lorraine Motel, Memphis |
Civil Rights Museum MLK assassinated |
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Auburn Avenue, Atlanta |
Grave site of MLK |
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Black population: US and South |
14% US 55% of blacks live in South College educated blacks leading migration (jobs moving south) |
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Atlanta and blacks |
#1 destination for black migrants Highest percentage of black people in US #2 in absolute black population, behind NYC |
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Robert Johnson |
Father of blues |
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Benton MacKaye |
Dreamer who imagined Appalachian Trail |
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Management of Appalachian Trail |
Cooperative Management Paid rangers and staff, but lots of volunteers Maintaining clubs gather to take care of trail |
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Appalachian Trail Conservancy |
Only organization focused on solely protection and preservation of Trail Maintain footpath, shelters, bridges; plan the route Small professional staff, mostly volunteers |
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Subregions of Appalachian Trail |
Northern New England (Maine, NH) Southern New England Mid-Atlantic The Virginias Southern Appalachians (Georgia) |
