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- Mostly lived on farms
- Developed at a slow pace
- Trading Centers
- Self-sufficient small towns

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- Steamships and railroads
- By 1860 10,000 miles of railroads

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- Based on agriculture
- cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and indigo
- Cheap imports
- Against Tariff

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- Fertile soil
- Broad slow rivers
- Appalachian Mountains
vast area of farmland

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- Wealthy class of farmers
- Aristocracy
- Developed own communities
- Fox hunting, dancing, horse racing, and watching cockfights

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- Mostly Europeans and enslaved Africans
- Farmers lived on medium sized farms
- 1/4 of the population owned slaves
- The white population were independent

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- Warm summers
- Mild winters
- Much rain