Southern United States
Below Mason-Dixon line
The Southern United States is the region comprising states that formed the Confederacy during the Civil War, plus border states sharing cultural ties—roughly from Virginia to Texas.
The South is defined by history, climate, accent, and cultural markers: Southern hospitality, Southern cooking, the Deep South.
What counts as Southern varies by context; Florida's panhandle feels Southern while Miami does not.
- AlabamaDeep South state
- DixieNickname for Confederate states
- slaveryOwnership of people
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- kudzuAggressive Asian climbing plant
Appalachia · Creole culture · heritage · civil rights movement · Tennessee · Civil War history · antebellum · confederacy · Spanish moss · plantation · Texas · college football · cotton farming · drawl · bourbon · mason jar · tobacco · barbecue
Southern United StatesNew England
Northeast U.S. region
Pacific Northwest · Upper Midwest · Great Lakes region · Alaska · Mid-Atlantic
Southern United StatesNew England
Northeast U.S. region
coastal elites · Pacific Coast · California · New York · Massachusetts
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