Upland South

Upland South

The names Upland South (German: "Südliches Hochland") and Upper South (German: "Upper South") designate the northern part of the southern states of the United States , whereby these two terms are sometimes used synonymously, but sometimes with different nuances of meaning:

The name Upland South is usually understood to mean the mountainous region of the southern Appalachians , the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, including the plateaus, hills and basins in between; the Piedmont is also often assigned to Upland South .

The term Upper South , on the other hand, usually refers to a number of American states , although the exact definition has changed over the course of American history. In the first half of the 19th century, he described the slavery states north of the Lower South - Virginia , North Carolina , Kentucky , Tennessee , Missouri , Maryland and Delaware . During the Civil War, on the other hand, Upper South was understood to mean primarily those Confederate states that only left the Union after the attack on Fort Sumter . According to this definition, which is still used today, Upper South Virginia includes North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas , but does not include Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia , Maryland and Delaware.