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Question		Answer
What was the climate in the South? start learning		Warm
• Major geographical feature of the South start learning		basically cuts US in half.
Longest river in the US has... start learning		3,680 km
The Missisipi river starts... start learning		in Lake Itasca, Minnesota
The Missisipi river ends... start learning		in New Orleans, Louisiana
Michi sipi means... start learning		"big water"
1811 start learning		Robert Fulton invented the steamboat
The steamboat... start learning		allowed the river to be used as a highway into the center of the country.
Mark Twain's real name start learning		Samuel Clemens
Popular novels of Mark Twain start learning		Tom Sawyer and Huckberry Finn
Mark Twain used to work... start learning		as a pilot of a steamboat for two years as a young men.
The Civil War... start learning		was in 1861-1865
What remains after the Civil War? start learning		Statues of Confederate generals, monuments to the losing side
The Confederate flag now represents... start learning		racism and slavery
Charleston church shooting took place in... start learning		2015
Atlanta, Georgia is... start learning		unofficial capital of "The South" and host city of the Summer Olimpycs in 1996
Coca-Cola was... start learning		invented in Atlanta in 1886 by Dr. John Pemberton
Coca-cola was a medicine because... start learning		it was good for the brain work.
Recipe for coca-cola... start learning		... remained almost the same.
Until 1903, coca-cola contained... start learning		a small amount of cocaine
Jazz was invented in... start learning		New Orleans
Who invented jazz? start learning		Black people
Country music is... start learning		– mix of music from Appalachian mountain music, Cowboy songs from the West and slave songs for the South.
When did country develop? start learning		1920
Nashville, Tennessee is... start learning		A capital of country music
Elvis Presley was born in... start learning		1935 in East Tupalo, MIssissippi
1954 start learning		Elvis signed a contract with Sun Studio
Elvis Presley was the first... start learning		white rock and roll star.
Graceland was... start learning		a house Elvis bought for his family in 1977
Snake Handlers... start learning		were a cult known as the "Bible Belt".
Snake Handlers were a part of... start learning		Pentecostal Church
Fundamentalist is a person who... start learning		believes every word in the bible

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