USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By the 1980s, industrial jobs in these areas had been reduced by roughly 50%. The decline in the factories, the high unemployment, and the shift away from industrial production earned this region the nickname the Rust Belt.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are the Rust Belt states? Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin are considered to be the Rust Belt states. These states were the manufacturing center of the United States, employing a large part of the population in manufacturing jobs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many people preferred the warmer climate and sunshine of the South-the Sunbelt-than the colder temperatures and snow of the North-the Rustbelt. Mass migration occurred as people moved to more desirable locations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Major U.S. cities placed within the Sun Belt according to every definition include Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Orlando and Phoenix. However, some extend the definition of Sun Belt as far north as the cities Denver, Raleigh-Durham, Memphis, Salt Lake City and San Francisco.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rust Belt, geographic region of the United States that was long the country’s manufacturing, steelmaking, and coal-producing heartland but that underwent dramatic industrial decline that resulted in widespread unemployment, increased poverty, decay, and population loss.