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-Warm summers
-Heavy rainfall
-Snowy winters

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-They used steam boats and railroads to distributes items to distant markets
-By 1860 10,00 miles of railroads spread across the Southern states

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-Small, wealthy class of planters and controlled an agricultural system.
-People who lived like country gentlemen of England.
-Recreational activities included such things as fox hunting, dancing, horse racing, and watching cockfights.

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-The economy was based on agriculture.
-They grew cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and indigo.
-These crops were known as cash crops.
-Southern farmers produced around 10,000 bales of cotton.

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-People lived on farms spread out in separate communities.
-Numerous small town  grew up along the bank of rivers and coasts.
-Developed trading centers in the South.
-Numerous large plantations

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-Made up of Europeans and enslaved Africans.
-The population reached about 12 million, and 1/3 of them was slaves.
-Slaves increased from 1 million in 1800 to 4 million in the next 60 years.

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-Bordered Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
-The Atlantic Coastal Plain was an area of rich and fertile soil.