THE MIDWEST• States

Midwest • Includes:

Midwest Environment• Rainfall decreases…

• Steppe – Prairie – Forest

S P F

Midwest Agriculture• Conditions for agri.– Terrain

– Soil

Midwest Agriculture• Water– Rain

– Groundwater• Ogallala Aquifer • Irrigation

Corn • “Corn Belt”

Corn• Used for:– 20%

– 40%

– 40%

Soybeans• Easier to grow…

– Effect on soil

– Climate tolerance

Soybeans Uses• Uses:

Wheat• States

• Drier…

Wheat Harvest

Dairy Farming• States

WISCONSIN

Problems with Midwest Agriculture• Unpredictable …

• Small farmers - vulnerable– Family farms

– Corporate farms

– Rural population

US Manufacturing Belt• Great Lakes to Northeast

• Why there?

–Resources …

–Water transport…

–Large markets (cities) …

–Historical events…

US Auto Industry• Detroit, MI

• Henry Ford – Detroit native– Improved …

– Assembly line

• “Big Three” US auto makers– Based in …

– Decline …

• Competition …

Detroit, MI• Detroit Pistons

• “Motor City”

• “Motown”

Ohio• Manufacturing– Affected by …

– Cleveland• On …

• Between:

– Akron

– Toledo

IRON

COAL

Cleveland

Michigan• 2 Peninsulas– Lower Peninsula

– Upper Pen.

• Surrounded by …

Sault Ste Marie, MI• Canal between Lakes …

Battle Creek, MI

1910 465,766 725,064 867,2501920 993,678 1,426,704 1,639,0061930 1,568,662 2,325,739 2,655,3951940 1,623,452 2,544,287 2,911,6811950 1,849,568 3,219,256 3,700,4901960 1,670,144 4,012,607 4,660,4801970 1,514,063 4,490,902 5,289,7661980 1,203,368 4,387,783 5,203,2691990 1,027,974 4,266,654 5,095,6952000 951,270 4,441,551 5,357,5382010 713,777 4,296,250 5,218,852

Detroit, MI• Population

Detroit Ethnicity• City of Detroit– Black

– Median family income

• Oakland County (suburb)– White

– Median family income

• 8 Mile Road

Detroit Ethnicity• Arab-Americans

Indiana• Agriculture

Indianapolis• Capital

• Hub

• Auto industry

Gary, IN• Industry

South Bend, IN• University

Southern Indiana• Quarries

• Bloomington

• “Breaking Away”

Illinois• Chicago– 3rd largest city…

– On Lake _______________

– Canal to link Chicago to …

–Water access …

Chicago• Railway hub

• Air hub

• Economic center of Midwest

Chicago Ethnicity

Wisconsin• Main cities …

• Forests …

Wisconsin• German immigrants

• Milwaukee

Minnesota• Prairie/Forest Transition

Minnesota• Voyageurs Nat’l Park

Mesabi Range• Iron Ore …

• Duluth…

Minnesota• Lake of the Woods

Minnesota• Source of the Mississippi River– Falls …

• Head of navigation…

Minneapolis-St. Paul• “Twin Cities”

• Immigrants

Minneapolis-St. Paul• Original home to …

• Now…

• Target Center…

Minneapolis-St. Paul• Food Processing

• 3M

Minneapolis-St. Paul• Mall of America

Iowa• Xlnt Soil & Agriculture

• Rural Urban migration

Missouri• Mississippi River…

• Missouri River…

• St. Louis …– “Gateway to the _______”

Kansas City, MO• Largest city…

• On _____________ River

• Start of overland trails westward

Ozark Plateau, MO

• Branson

Joplin, MO• 2011

Tornado Alley

Kansas• Severe weather

Kansas Tornado Damage

Kansas• Winter Wheat– Planted in …

– Sprouts before …

– Harvested …

Wichita, KS• Largest city–Manufacturing

Nebraska• Platte River

• Oregon Trail…

• Chimney Rock

Nebraska• Settled mainly from 1860s

• Homestead Act, 1862

• Trans-Continental RR, 1869

Omaha, NE• Largest City

South Dakota• Higher elevations …

• Black Hills

South Dakota• ______________ Indians

• Chief Crazy Horse Monument

• Pine Ridge Reservation

South Dakota• Badlands Nat’l Park

Sturgis, SD

Sioux Falls, SD• Largest city

North Dakota• Red River on eastern border– Old ….

– Xlnt soil

– Spring Wheat

North Dakota• Theodore Roosevelt Nat’l Park

Fargo, ND

North Dakota

• Missouri River dams

Missouri River• Lewis & Clark Expedition

(1804-1806)

North Dakota• Energy Resources