Belts of the US
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania The Rust Belt Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
The Rust Belt In the 1960s, large numbers of white, middle- class Americans moved from older northeastern and midwestern cities to the South and to the West Coast Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania were previously industrial powerhouses with vibrant economies Now, factories were closing down and people were losing their jobs
The Corn Belt North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, *Illinois, *Indiana, Ohio
The Cotton Belt What the south used to be known as because of agrarian poverty and backwardness
The Cotton Belt States known for growing and distributing cotton Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina
The Sun Belt What the south, along with parts of the southwest became The land of new opportunity
The Sun Belt Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Southern California Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Experiencing large population growth 1960s- growth spreading to places like Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, Miami, Tampa, Austin, and Nashville