

In the mid-to-late 20th century, the Southeast saw many shifting changes take place population wise and economically.

The American segregation era would span from the late 19th century to the mid- 1960s. Following the Reconstruction era in the 1870s, many Southeast state legislatures would pass Jim Crow laws. West Virginia would split from Virginia during 1863, and also served as a border state that remained with the Union. Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware were neutral border states that remained with the Union. Texas was a Confederate State that isn't defined as part of the southeast region. During Colonial America, the southeast states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia were among the Thirteen Colonies who helped form what would become the United States during the American Revolution.ĭuring the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America consisted of the southeastern states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The region would host the first permanent European settlement in North America, with the Kingdom of England establishing Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. In 1541, Hernando de Soto journeyed through the southeast and crossed the Mississippi River. The first Europeans to arrive in the region were conquistadors of the Spanish Empire. Before the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans of the Woodland period occupied the region for several hundred years. The earliest artifacts were from the Clovis culture. The history of human presence in the Southeast extends to before the dawn of civilization, to about 11,000 BC or 13,000 years ago. ( April 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. capital of Washington, D.C., are also sometimes added in definitions of the term. The states of Delaware and Missouri, along with the U.S. The OSBO (Organization Supporting Business Owners) uses the same states, but includes Arkansas and Louisiana. The nonprofit American Association of Geographers defines the Southeastern United States as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

They instead divide a larger region which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia, designated as "the South" into three separate subregions, none of which are conventionally considered to define the Southeast. There is no official Census Bureau definition of the southeastern United States.
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Geological Survey considers the Southeast region to be the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, plus Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
