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-Steamships and railroads
-Used to sell crops
-10,000 miles of railroad by 1860

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-Life revolved around planters
-Plantations developed their own communities
-Few schools and churches

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-Agricultural based economy
-Cash crops were valued
-Cotton industry was huge

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-Southerners lived in spread out separate communities
-Numerous small towns
-Few large cities
-Plantations almost self-sufficient

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-Made up of Europeans and enslaved Africans
-Over 12 million by 1860
-Over 4 million slaves by 1860

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-Large, broad rivers
-Vast areas of farmland
-Borders Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
-Appalachian Mountains

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-Long, hot humid summers
-Mild winters
-Heavy rainfall