Features of the South by Ernalynn Kiani Ancheta https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva Comparing Features of the North and South en-us 2018-04-26 16:27:42 UTC 2025-12-23 08:35:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255731361 2018-04-26 16:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255731361 CLIMATE 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255733812 -warm summers
-mild winters
-much rain]]> 2018-04-26 16:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255733812 GEOGRAPHY 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255734805 -fertile soil
-broad, slow rivers
-Appalachian  Mountains
-vast areas of farmland
-coastal plains 
-swamps]]> 2018-04-26 16:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255734805 POPULATION 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255736260 -made up of Europeans and enslaved Americans
-by 1860, the population reached 12 million]]> 2018-04-26 16:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255736260 CITIES 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255741755 -industries and towns developed slower than the North.
-small towns grew up along the banks of rivers and coasts.
-small towns were self-sufficient.
-larger cities developed as trading centers.]]> 2018-04-26 16:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255741755 ECONOMY 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255784919 -based on agriculture
-cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and indigo were grown in large quantities.
-invention made by Eli Whitney took over the Southern economy.]]> 2018-04-26 18:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255784919 CULTURE 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255786396 -revolved around the small, wealthy class of planters.
-few schools and churches.
-sons of planters were the best educated.
-small farmers had little or no education.]]> 2018-04-26 18:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255786396 TRANSPORTATION 8eran3306 https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255787101 -steamships and railroads
-1600 miles of railroad spread across Southern states by the 1860s
-hundreds of steamboats moved southern crops to the North and to European markets.]]> 2018-04-26 18:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8eran3306/gun1tp4hixva/wish/255787101