Features of The South by Carlos Miguel Virina https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t Comparing features of the North and South en-us 2018-04-26 15:42:18 UTC 2018-04-27 16:00:14 UTC hello@padlet.com GEOGRAPHY 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708190 -Bordered Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
-The Atlantic Coastal Plain was an area of rich and fertile soil.]]> 2018-04-26 15:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708190 POPULATION 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708284 -Made up of Europeans and enslaved Africans.
-The population reached about 12 million, and 1/3 of them was slaves.
-Slaves increased from 1 million in 1800 to 4 million in the next 60 years.

]]> 2018-04-26 15:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708284 CITIES 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708343 -People lived on farms spread out in separate communities.
-Numerous small town  grew up along the bank of rivers and coasts.
-Developed trading centers in the South.
-Numerous large plantations]]> 2018-04-26 15:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708343 ECONOMY 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708377 -The economy was based on agriculture.
-They grew cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and indigo.
-These crops were known as cash crops.
-Southern farmers produced around 10,000 bales of cotton.]]> 2018-04-26 15:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708377 CULTURE 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708434 -Small, wealthy class of planters and controlled an agricultural system.
-People who lived like country gentlemen of England.
-Recreational activities included such things as fox hunting, dancing, horse racing, and watching cockfights.]]> 2018-04-26 15:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708434 TRANSPORTATION 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708502 -They used steam boats and railroads to distributes items to distant markets
-By 1860 10,00 miles of railroads spread across the Southern states]]> 2018-04-26 15:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255708502 CLIMATE 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255712598 -Warm summers
-Heavy rainfall
-Snowy winters]]> 2018-04-26 15:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/255712598 SOUTH 8cavi3792 https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/256061805 2018-04-27 15:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/8cavi3792/x4vxncbrw10t/wish/256061805