Describe What Has Happened to State Obesity Rates in the United

question 40

Essay

Describe what has happened to state obesity rates in the United States since 1994.

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Definitions:

Nat Turner's Rebellion

An 1831 slave uprising in Virginia led by Nat Turner that resulted in the deaths of many people and had a profound impact on the attitudes towards slavery in the Southern United States.

Lower South

Refers specifically to the states of the deep south or those that first seceded from the Union, often focusing on their agriculture-based economy and role in the Confederacy.

Internal Slave Trade

The trade of enslaved African Americans within the United States, especially from the Upper South to the Deep South, after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade.

Cotton Kingdom

The Cotton Kingdom refers to the Southern United States in the 19th century, where cotton farming dominated the economy, heavily reliant on slave labor prior to the Civil War.