The American South

1. Definition

1.1. States

1.1.1. South Carolina

1.1.2. Mississippi

1.1.3. Florida

1.1.4. Alabama

1.1.5. Georgia

1.1.6. Louisiana

1.1.7. Texas

1.1.8. Virginia

1.1.9. Arkansas

1.1.10. Tennessee

1.1.11. North Carolina

1.2. seceded from the U.S.

1.3. founded the CSA

1.4. pro slavery

2. Southern accent

3. The Great Depression

3.1. "Black Thursday" 1929

3.2. worldwide economic depression

3.3. devestating effects in every country

3.4. income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped

4. Racism

4.1. Segregation

4.1.1. coloured were not served in shops

4.1.2. divided toilets, water coolers and seats

4.1.3. ended de jure in 1954

4.2. Slavery

4.2.1. since 1776

4.2.2. over 4 million slaves in the south (1865)

4.2.3. worked on plantations in masses

4.3. KKK

4.3.1. founded 1865

4.3.2. far right racial hate group

4.3.3. still exists today

5. Civil War

5.1. CSA against the U.S.

5.2. Caused by controversy about

5.2.1. Economy

5.2.2. Politics

5.3. U.S. started the war

5.4. Turning point: Gettysburg

5.5. U.S. won the war