This document provides information about the West South Central region of the United States, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. It discusses the three largest cities in each state, the major cultural characteristics and industries of the region. It also summarizes key events like the Texas Revolution and Louisiana Purchase, the systems of government, patterns of migration to the states, and trade relationships with Canada. The document is organized into a map or outline of the topics covered in each slide of a PowerPoint presentation.

1. West South Central
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
By Christopher Tatarian

2. 3 Major Cities
Little Rock is the capital
and the most populous
city of the U.S. state of
Arkansas. The population
is 197,357. The latitude
and longitude of Arkansas
is 34.8000° N, 92.2000° W.

3. 3 Major Cities Continued…
• Baton Rouge is the
capital of the state
Louisiana and it’s
second-largest city. The
population is 229,426.
The latitude and
longitude of Louisiana is
31.0413° N, 91.8360°
W.

4. 3 Major Cities Continued…
• Oklahoma City is the
capital and largest city of
the state of Oklahoma.
The city ranks 27th
among United States
cities in population. The
population of Oklahoma
is 3.853 million . In 1821.
The city's population was
193,52. latitude and
longitude is 35.5000° N,
98.0000° W.

5. Major cultural characteristics
• Because Texas was once
part of Mexico, the state
has a long-standing
Mexican heritage and
follows many Mexican
traditions, including
celebrating the popular
Mexican holiday Cinco de
Mayo. Also 29.21% of
Texas is Spanish. The main
religion is Evangelical
Protestant which is 64.4%
of the people there.

6. Major Industries
• Louisiana's major
industry is oil
production. One
quarter of the total
production of gas in the
U.S. comes from
Louisiana. The location
is Baton Rouge.

7. Texas revolution
• Texas Revolution broke
out, and the state became
an independent nation in
1835. However, the newly
formed Texas Republic
was unable to defend
itself from further
incursions by Mexican
troops, and eventually
negotiated with the U.S.
to join the union in 1845.
the importance of this is
we got more land

8. Louisiana purchase
• The Louisiana Purchase
- In 1803, the United
States bought the
Louisiana Territory from
France. The U.S.
Secretary of State,
James Madison paid 15
million dollars for the
land the importance of
this is we got more land

9. Government
• The government of
Texas operates under
the Constitution of
Texas and consists of a
unitary democratic
state government that
uses the Dillon Rule.

10. Government continued…
• The government of the
U.S. State of Oklahoma,
established by the
Oklahoma Constitution, is
a republican democracy
modeled after the federal
government of the United
States. The state
government has three
branches: the executive,
legislative, and judicial.

11. Migration
• Texas: German
immigrants started to
arrive in the early 1840s
because of economic,
social and political
conditions in their
states
• Groups who migrated to
Louisiana are: The
Choctaw nation, The
Bayougoula, The
Okelousa, The
Acolapissa, and the
Natchez nation

12. Trade pattern between Minnesota and
Canada
• The United States and
Canada have the largest
trade relationship in the
world. In 2012, U.S.
merchandise trade with
Canada consisted of
US$324.2 billion in
imports and US$292.4
billion in exports.

13. Trade pattern between Minnesota and
Canada continued…
• The trade relationship
between the two
countries crosses all
industries and is vital to
both nations’ success as
each country is the
largest trade partner of
the other. This goes
through Minnesota.

14. Effects of the decline in the Midwest
as an industrial region
• The decline of the
Midwest as an
industrial region is
because of population
amounts and weather
climate changes.

15. Effects of the decline in the Midwest
as an industrial region continued…
• These changes can
effect the amount of
recourses available to
the U.S. and as a result
can decrease our
industrial
manufacturing.

16. Map of power point
• Slide 1………… Title
• Slide 2…………3 Major Cities
• Slide 4…………3 Major Cities Continued…
• Slide 5…………Major cultural characteristics
• Slide 6……..... Major Industries
• Slide 7……….. Texas revolution
• Slide 8 ……….. Louisiana purchase
• Slide 9 ……….. Government
• Slide 10 ………Government continued…
• Slide 11……….. Migration
• Slide 12……….. Trade pattern between Minnesota and Canada
• Slide 13…………Trade pattern between Minnesota and Canada continued…
• Slide 14…………Effects of the decline in the Midwest as an industrial region
• Slide 15………… Effects of the decline in the Midwest as an industrial region
continued…