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-railroads spread across the South
-steamships helped sell products

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-revolved around wealthy planters
-recreational activities
-agricultural
-few schools & chruches

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-based on agriculture
-cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, & indigo
-slave labor

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-most people lived in farms
-small towns along rivers

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-12 million people in 1860
-1/3 slave
-mostly farmers

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-rich fertile soil
-good farmland
-broad rivers

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-hot humid summers
-mild winters
-heavy rain