Features of the South by https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0 Comparing Features of the North and South en-us 2018-04-26 19:49:18 UTC 2018-04-27 19:50:09 UTC hello@padlet.com SOUTH 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255819250 2018-04-26 19:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255819250 CLIMATE 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255820045
  • Warm and sunny
  • Mild winters
  • heavy rainfall 
    • ]]>     2018-04-26 19:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255820045     GEOGRAPHY 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255821323
  • Cities developed along rivers
  • Fertile soil and swamps mostly covered the Southeast
    • ]]>     2018-04-26 20:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255821323     POPULATION 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255822751
  • Consisted of farmers
  • Europeans (mostly English and Scotch-Irish descent)
    • ]]>     2018-04-26 20:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255822751     CITIES 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255824265
  • Most Southerners lived on farms
  •  Only a few large cities were developed
  • Plantations were large and distant
    • ]]>     2018-04-26 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255824265     ECONOMY 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255825992
  • Based on agriculture
  • Cotton made up two-thirds of the total value of exports
  • Many crops were grown to be sold for a profit
    • ]]>     2018-04-26 20:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255825992     CULTURE 8eiph344 https://padlet.com/8eiph344/s6s5bp6a8ni0/wish/255848854
  • Since the plantations were far apart, when there were visits from friends, it became major social events
  • Recreational activities were included, for example, fox hunting or watching cockfights
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  • Steamships and railroads were used in long-distanced transportation
  • There were about 10,00 miles of railroad by 1860 
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