Features of the South by William Marshall https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd Comparing North and South en-us 2018-04-26 18:57:55 UTC 2018-04-27 19:18:27 UTC hello@padlet.com South 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255802522 2018-04-26 19:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255802522 Climate 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255803073 - Warm summers
- Mild Winter
- Heavy rainfall]]> 2018-04-26 19:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255803073 Geography 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255804007 -slow moving, navigable rivers
- Cities and ports near rivers
- Fertile soil]]> 2018-04-26 19:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255804007 Population 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255805374 - Made up of Europeans and Slaves
- By 1860, population was 12 million
- 1/3 of the people were slaves]]> 2018-04-26 19:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255805374 Cities 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255807638 - Most southerners lived on spread out farms
- Industries and towns developed slower than the north
- Only a few cities developed as trading centers]]> 2018-04-26 19:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/255807638 Economy 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/256139414 - Based on agriculture
- Cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and indigo were grown in great quantities
- reasons giving the south reason to be against tariffs]]> 2018-04-27 18:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/256139414 Culture 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/256143878 - Developed their own communities
-visits from friends were  a major social event
- The best educated in the colonies were the sons of planters.]]> 2018-04-27 19:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/256143878 Transportation 8wima3696 https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/256145494 - Steamships and railroads were used to transport products
- By 1860, about 10,000 miles of railroad spread across the southern states
- Hundreds of steamboats moved southern crops to the north and to European markets]]> 2018-04-27 19:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/8wima3696/nth153tszcvd/wish/256145494