Features of the South by Nathan Chen https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57 Comparing Features of the North and South en-us 2018-04-26 19:49:15 UTC 2018-04-27 19:54:08 UTC hello@padlet.com CLIMATE 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255818984 -warm summers
-mild winters
-heavy rainfall]]> 2018-04-26 19:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255818984 SOUTH 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255819424 2018-04-26 19:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255819424 GEOGRAPHY 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255819970 -bordered by Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
-fertile soil
-broad, slow moving rivers
-good farmland]]> 2018-04-26 19:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255819970 POPULATION 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255821635 -made up of Europeans and enslaved African Americans
-By 1860 there were 12 million people in the south, 1/3 were slaves.
-mostly farmers, but there were some planters.]]> 2018-04-26 20:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255821635 CITIES 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255822898 -small towns
-only few large cities developed as trading centers]]> 2018-04-26 20:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255822898 ECONOMY 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255823549 -Based on agriculture
-cash crops like cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and indigo were grown in great quantities.]]> 2018-04-26 20:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255823549 CULTURE 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255824090 -revolved around the small, wealthy class of planters and the agricultural system they control
-recreational activities included fox hunting, dancing, horse racing, and watching cockfights.
-people had no education except for the children of planters.]]> 2018-04-26 20:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255824090 TRANSPORTATION 8nach4161 https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255824882 -steamships and railroads affected the south because products could be sold to more distant markets easily.
-By 1860 about 10,000 miles of railroad spread across the southern states
-hundreds of steamboats moved southern crops to the North and European markets]]> 2018-04-26 20:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8nach4161/oadv3f8fim57/wish/255824882