SOUTHEAST REGION

The Southeastern United States is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.

HISTORY

Picking cotton in southeastern United States, early twentieth century

Origins: settlement of the region by British colonists in the seventeenth century, mostly in coastal regions.

eighteenth century: large groups of Scots and Ulster-Scots settled in Appalachia.

1700: African slaves were brought.

ECONOMY

manufacturing base high technology industries the financial sector. Tourism

High technology industries

Alabama

Mississippi

Georgia

South Carolina

Tennessee

Tourism

Palm Beach; Florida

EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION: These include the oldest public universities in the country:

the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, College of William & Mary and University of Georgia The University of Florida, Auburn University, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). the University of Virginia.

There are also a number of well-known private institutions, including Georgetown University and Howard University (in Washington D.C.), etc.

Howard University

CULTURE

RELIGION

Evangelical Protestantism Catholic Jewish Buddhism Hinduism

LITERATURE

FAMOUS WRITERS William Faulkner Tennessee Williams Mark Twain Margaret Mitchell Harper Lee Flannery O'Connor

CLIMATE

Tropical monsoon climate A humid subtropical climate The tropical air masses cause significant hurricanes such as

Hurricane Andrew (1992) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) wreaking havoc and causing significant damage to coastal areas.

Hurricane Andrew (1992)

Hurricane Katrina (2005)

MOUNTAINS

RIVERS AND LAKES

Mississippi river