http://www.factmonster.com/states.html

http://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/states/index.htm

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000576.shtml

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000399.shtml

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000574.shtml

Landforms:

-Rocky Mountains http://www.nps.gov/romo/

-Grand Canyon http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm

 -Great Salt Lake http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm

-Sierra Nevada Mountains http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0845172.html

Cities: -Los Angeles (CA) -Denver (CO) -Las Vegas (NV) -Seattle (WA) History:

http://www.americanwest.com/

-The Oregon Trail http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/hgv2n1.htm

http://www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/oretrail.htm

 -Gold Rush http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/allabout.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gold_rush

-Native Americans http://www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0833107.html

 Landforms:

-Mississippi River http://www.greatriver.com/

-The Great Plains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains

-Great Lakes http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/

Cities: -Chicago (IL) -Detroit (MI) -Minneapolis (MN) -St. Louis (MO)

History:

-Cultural crossroads

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/

Landforms:

-Appalachian Mountains http://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm

-Beaches Cities:

-New York City (NY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

-Philadelphia (PA) -Baltimore (MD) -Boston (MA)

History:

- Civil War

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

-Early Settlers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Northeast#History

Transportation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City#Transportation 

Landforms:

-Beaches

-Appalachian Mountains http://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm

Cities: -Atlanta (GA) -Dallas (TX) -Nashville (TN) -Miami (FL)

History:

-Civil War http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

-Civil Rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Southern_states#History

http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/voting.htm

http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/crtmenu.htm