Features of the South by Wilson Li https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p Comparing North and South en-us 2018-04-26 18:57:24 UTC 2025-12-15 18:46:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255802131 2018-04-26 19:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255802131 SOUTH 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255802419 2018-04-26 19:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255802419 CLIMATE 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255802998 -Long, hot humid summers
-Mild winters
-Heavy rainfall]]> 2018-04-26 19:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255802998 GEOGRAPHY 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255804000 -Large, broad rivers
-Vast areas of farmland
-Borders Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
-Appalachian Mountains]]> 2018-04-26 19:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255804000 POPULATION 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255805239 -Made up of Europeans and enslaved Africans
-Over 12 million by 1860
-Over 4 million slaves by 1860]]> 2018-04-26 19:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255805239 CITIES 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255806023 -Southerners lived in spread out separate communities
-Numerous small towns
-Few large cities
-Plantations almost self-sufficient]]> 2018-04-26 19:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255806023 ECONOMY 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255807577 -Agricultural based economy
-Cash crops were valued
-Cotton industry was huge]]> 2018-04-26 19:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255807577 CULTURE 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255808494 -Life revolved around planters
-Plantations developed their own communities
-Few schools and churches]]> 2018-04-26 19:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255808494 TRANSPORTATION 8wili3341 https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255810342 -Steamships and railroads
-Used to sell crops
-10,000 miles of railroad by 1860 ]]> 2018-04-26 19:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/8wili3341/r71qdllsc62p/wish/255810342