Part 2—U. S. Cultural Landmarks List one favorite landmark for each region. Why is it important to that region?

northeast South Midwest West
Landmark
Importance

Answer Below:

Northeast: There is New York's Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge and Times Square; Pennsylvania's Liberty Bell and Independence Hall; and Massachusetts' Freedom Trail. Many of these originate as big Government buildings or like The Statue of Liberty it was a gift from france to celebrate and thank us for our friendship. (Represents freedom and democracy)

South: The South consist of many landmarks many originating from slavery. But someof the biggest like the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are natural landforms and have played a huge part such as boundaries for the 13 colonies.

Midwest: The Midwest may have some of the best landmarks such as rock carvings to archs reaching up to 630 ft. There is Mount Rushmore, Chimney Rock, Gateway Arch, Badlands National Park, The Mackinac Bridge, Cave of the Mounds, and Starved Rock State Park. These have a history of being natural to having some of our greatest Presidents carved into a cliff.

West: Many of these are natural such as Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks. These are beautiful landmarks and places to visit. Then we have the Golden Gate Bridge, The HollyWood sign, and Disney Land; these are mand made and are huge things that the surrounding places use as advertisments. What makes these important or historical is not much but just helped the West become one of the biggest visited places.

(1) university of virginia: its a colonial heritage was founded in 1819 by declaration of independence author and former president thomas -charlottesville, virginia, united

(2) yellowstone national park is an american national park located in wyoming,montana and idaho and is a colonial heritage site.it was established by us congress and signed into law by president ulysses g grant on march 1,1872.yellowstone is usa's and world's first national park and a heritage site.the park is also known for its wildlife and its geothermal geysers.

(3) yosemite national park: : : colonial heritage site in north in western sierra nevada of central was designated a world heritage site in 1984..it is famous for its granite cliffs,waterfalls,clear streams,giant sequoia groves,lakes,mountains,glaciers and biological

(4) grand canyon national park: : colonial heritage site in north in north western arizona and is 15th site declared as national park..the park's central feature is the grand canyon, a gorge of the colorado river,which is also considered one of the wonders of the world.the park covers 1217262 acres.the grand canyon was designated a world heritage site in by unesco in 1979.

(5) taos pueblo

(6) redwood national park

(7) cahokia mounds

(8) wrangell-st. elias national park

(9) glacier bay national park

(10) kluane national park

(11) tatshenshini-alsek provincial park

(12) mammoth cave national park

(13) olympic national park

(14) great smoky mountains national park

(15) quebec city

(16) everglades national park

(17) lunenburg, nova scotia

(18) glacier national park

(19)chichen itza

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