Features of the South by Leon Cruz https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends Comparing Features of the North and South en-us 2018-04-26 15:42:19 UTC 2025-10-07 13:11:18 UTC hello@padlet.com SOUTH 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255708059 2018-04-26 15:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255708059 CLIMATE 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255708691 •Warm summers, lots of rain, mild winters]]> 2018-04-26 15:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255708691 GEOGRAPHY 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255711581 •Many navigable rivers
•Rich, fertile soil
•Good farmland]]> 2018-04-26 15:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255711581 POPULATION 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255712835 •Population of 12 million in 1860
•3.5 people enslaved in 1860
• 1/4 of Southerners owned slaves]]> 2018-04-26 15:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255712835 CITIES 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255714196 •Most lived on farms in spread out communities
•Small towns along rivers and coasts
•A few large cities for trade
•Plantations were self-sufficient]]> 2018-04-26 16:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255714196 ECONOMY 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255715068 •Heavily based on agriculture
•Cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo were cash crops
•Agriculture supported by slave labor
• The cotton gin made cotton "king"]]> 2018-04-26 16:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255715068 CULTURE 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255715933 •Large plantation owners controlled much of Southern society
•Traditional and conservative
•Family was important

]]> 2018-04-26 16:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255715933 TRANSPORTATION 8lecr3714 https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255716672 •Steamships on rivers
•Railroads expanded in the South, but not as expanded as the North]]> 2018-04-26 16:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/8lecr3714/4h4mbyu1ends/wish/255716672