Florida

– the Sun state
– was bought from Spanish in 1819
– in 1845 became the 27th state of US
– 22nd in size ( velikost ), 7th in population
– Tallahasse – capital of Florida
– 1896 was bitterly cold in the USA, but in Florida the orange trees were in bloom
– Julia Tuttle picked some blossoms from her orange tree and sent them to Henri Flager (railroad businessman ). H. Flager wondered where flowers could grow in a winter
– Miss Tuttle convinced him to build a railroad
– This railroad helped with air-conditioning to turn Miami and the rest of southern Florida into popular resort area
– in 1920s place for rich
– the Depression came next, 1936 a hurricane washed away a section of the railroad
– World War II brought a new life to southern Florida (military basement )
– After war lots of soldiers decides to stay here an make Florida their home
– Servicemen from all over the country were based here
– A lot of retire people go to live in Florida
Miami
– financial and trade center of Florida
– a center for trade with Latin America and the Caribbean
– a center for oceanographic research
Orlando
– in central Florida
– the citrus fruit center of state
– 75 % of US orange
– oranges grow in groves
– computer control the irrigation system
Cape Canaveral
– near Orlando
– the US space program take off from here
– includes the Kennedy Space Center, the Merrit island moonlauch site, and a missile test center
– pad – from which astronauts are launched into space
– NASA’s moonlauch area
– Vertical Assembly Building – the world’s largest enclosed space ( possible to put together four space vehicles the size of Apollo )