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.

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