https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2 Comparing the Features of the North and the South en-us 2018-04-26 19:52:52 UTC 2025-11-27 02:16:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/255821091 2018-04-26 20:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/255821091 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/255821353 - warm summer, mild winter, mach rain  
- rich fertile soil 
- may broad slow moving navigable rivers
- vast area of excellent farmland]]> 2018-04-26 20:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/255821353 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256154830 - population of 12 million in 1860 
- about 3.5 million enslaved  people in 1860 
- most in south were small farmers 
]]> 2018-04-27 19:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256154830 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256156931 - small towns developed along rivers and coasts 
- only a few large cities developed as trading centers 
- plantations largely self sufficient like small towns]]> 2018-04-27 19:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256156931 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256158875 - cash cops were cotton tobacco rice sugar and indigo 
- agriculture supported by slave labor 
- invention of cotton gin made cotton king]]> 2018-04-27 20:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256158875 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256167050 - larger plantation owners much of southern society 
- traditional and conservative 
- family centered]]> 2018-04-27 20:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256167050 8joan671 https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256167924 - steamships used on rivers
- railroads expanded in the south though not as greatly as the north]]> 2018-04-27 21:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8joan671/h5ogoahr30z2/wish/256167924