Amerika Serikat Selatan: Perbedaan antara revisi

</ref> [[Selatan Dalam]] sepenuhnya terletak di sudut tenggara. [[Arizona]] dan [[New Mexico]], yang secara geografis dalam bagian selatan negeri, jarang dianggap bagiannya, sedangkan [[Virginia Barat]], yang terpisah dari Virginia pada tahun 1863,<ref>McPherson, James M., ''Battle Cry of Freedom. the Civil War Era'', Oxford Univ. Press, 1998, p. 304</ref> umumnya dianggap sebagai bagiannya.<ref name="geography.vt.edu">[http://www.geography.vt.edu/sedaag/ Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101170046/http://www.geography.vt.edu/sedaag/ |date=January 1, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.geosociety.org/sections/se/ |title = Geological Society of America – Southeastern Section |author = |date = |work = geosociety.org |accessdate = June 29, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.slcatlanta.org/staff_and_structure/officers.shtml |title = Southern Legislative Conference – Serving the South |work = slcatlanta.org }}</ref> Beberapa akademisi telah mengusulkan definisi Selatan tersebut yang tidak persis sama dengan batas-batas negara bagian.<ref>{{cite book |last = Garreau |first = Joel |title = The Nine Nations of North America |publisher = Avon Books |year = 1982 |isbn = 0-380-57885-9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Woodard |first = Colin |title = American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America |publisher = Penguin Books |year = 2012 |isbn = 0-14-312202-9 }}</ref> Meskipun negara bagian [[Delaware]] dan [[Maryland]], serta [[Distrik Columbia]] mengizinkan perbudakan sebelum mulainya Perang Saudara, mereka tetap bersama dengan [[Negara Utara]]. Sejak Gerakan Hak Sipil tahun 1960-an, mereka menjadi lebih bersekutu dengan negara-negara [[Amerika Serikat Utara| negara-negara bagian Utara]] secara kultural, ekonomi, dan politis , dan sering diidentifikasi sebagai bagian dari Atlantik Tengah atau Timur Laut oleh banyak penduduk, perusahaan, institusi publik, dan organisasi swasta.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.csg-erc.org/about-csg/ |title = About – CSG |author = |date = |work = csg-erc.org |accessdate = June 29, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bls.gov/regions/home.htm |title = Home : Geographic Information : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |author = |date = |work = bls.gov |accessdate = June 29, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/customer-support/partnerships/regional-climate-centers |title = Regional Climate Centers – National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) |author = |date = |work = noaa.gov |accessdate = June 29, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.scouting.org/Home/OutdoorProgram/Properties/Region%20and%20Area%20Maps.aspx |title = Region and Area Maps |author = |date = |work = scouting.org |accessdate = June 29, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nps.gov/nhl/contact/nero.htm |title = Northeast Regional Office – National Historic Landmarks Program |author = |date = |work = nps.gov |accessdate = June 29, 2016 }}</ref> Namun, [[Biro Sensus Amerika Serikat]] menempatkan mereka didalam kategori "Selatan".