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They use steam ships and railroads for transportation this still was not nearly as massive than the railroad system in the north. Hundreds of steam boats moved southern crops to the north and to European markets.

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The life of the south revolved around the small, wealthy class of planters and they controlled the agriculture system. The upper class of the south were the planters. The best educated in the colonies were the sons of planters meanwhile, small farmers had little or no education.

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The southern economy was based on agriculture. they grow cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and indigo. These crops were raised on large farms, known as plantations, which were grown by slaves.

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Most southerners lives on farms, and there were a lot of small towns, only a few large cities developed as trading centers in the south.

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By 1860 the population of the south reached 12 million, the number of slaves increased from about 1 million in 1800 to 4 million in the next 60 years.

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The Southeast bordered on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and had many broad, slow-moving, navigable rivers. It also has rich soil, and swamps, covered much of the Southeast.

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Warm and sunny, with long hot, humid summers, mild winters, and heavy rainfall.