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- steamships used on rivers
- railroads expanded in the south though not as greatly as the north

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- larger plantation owners much of southern society
- traditional and conservative
- family centered

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- cash cops were cotton tobacco rice sugar and indigo
- agriculture supported by slave labor
- invention of cotton gin made cotton king

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- small towns developed along rivers and coasts
- only a few large cities developed as trading centers
- plantations largely self sufficient like small towns

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- population of 12 million in 1860
- about 3.5 million enslaved  people in 1860
- most in south were small farmers

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- warm summer, mild winter, mach rain
- rich fertile soil
- may broad slow moving navigable rivers
- vast area of excellent farmland