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Αυτά τα μεταναστευτικά ρεύματα ενδεχομένως απλώθηκαν μέσω των Αππαλαχίων και προς δυσμάς μέσω της περιοχής του [[Οροπέδιο των Αππαλαχίων|Οροπεδίου των Αππαλαχίων]] μέσα στους Οζάρκς και τους Κουατσίτας, και τελικά συνεισέφεραν στον εποικισμό της [[Texas Hill Country]].<ref>Meinig (1998), pg. 224</ref> Οι κύριες εθνότητες αυτών των πρώιμων εποίκων περιελάμβαναν την [[Αγγλοαμερικανοί|Αγγλική]], την Ιρλανδική, την Σκωτική και την [[Γερμανοαμερικανοί|Γερμανική]].<ref>Drake (2001), pp. 36-38, describes these early pioneer ethnic groups and notes that the term "Scotch-Irish" (Scots-Irish), while predominately Presbyterian northern Irish, also included a significant number of Catholic southern Irish; and that the term "English" was a general catch-all term including ancestries such as French Huguenot ([[John Sevier]]'s family, for example). On the topic of colonial Catholic Irish immigration, see also Williams (2002), pp. 43-44.</ref>
===Upper South as a cultural region===
The Upper South today remains a culture region, with distinct ancestry<ref>http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/culture/ancestry.gif</ref> (predominantly American as indicated on the census), dialect,<ref>http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/NationalMap/NatMap2.GIF</ref> cuisine, religion<ref>http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/religion/baptist.gif</ref> and other characteristics. The heavily rhoticized Upland Southern dialect still predominates in much of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the western portions of North Carolina and Virginia. Noticeable influence can even be found in parts of Deep South states such and northern Georgia and Alabama and parts of the southern portions of the Midwestern states of Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. Like the Deep South, the region is heavily evangelical Protestant with Baptists making up a plurality in the vast majority of counties. The cuisine of the Upper South is generally closely related to the lowland the south, excluding southern low-country areas in which the cuisine tends to involve seafood and rice, which are not common in the upper south. Tobacco is still a large crop in Kentucky and North Carolina.
[[Image:Tobacco Production US.png|thumb|300px| Map of primary areas of Tobacco production in the U.S., with the areas of heaviest production in dark green and those of lighter production in light green<ref>http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/Ag_Atlas_Maps/Crops_and_Plants/Field_Crops_Harvested/07-M191.asp</ref>]]
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