Social Stufies 2/26 Flashcards
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South: Geography & Climate
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- Warm summers, mild rain, much rain
- rich fertile soil
- Many broad, slow moving navigable rivers
- Vast areas of excellent farm land
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North : Geography and Climate
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- 4 distinct seasons
- Jagged New England coast with rich soil
- Thick forests
- large plains with rich soil in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
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North: Economy
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- Based on manufacturing
- Steam powered machinery
- Unskilled labored worked in factories
- Produced textiles, ships, iron
- IR helped many industries
- Lots of foreign trade
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South: Economy
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- Heavily based on agriculture
- Cash crops were cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, indigo
- Agriculture supported by slave labor
- Cotton gin made cotton “king”
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North: Transportation
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- Better road development
- Canals provided cheaper transportation
- New railroads mostly in the North
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South: Transportation
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- Steam ships used on rivers
- Some Railroads in the south but not as many as the North
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North: Society
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- Became cultural/educational centers
- New ideas flourished
- Organized religion important
- Public education grew after 1830
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South: Society
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- Plantations were self-sufficient
- Large plantation owners controlled much of Southern society
- Traditional and conservative
- Family centered
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North: Population & cities
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- Rapid growth in early 1800s
- Population of 31 million by 1860
- Most immigrants settle in North
- Centers of trade and commerce
- hubs of manufacturing
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South: Population & cities
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- Most people lived on farms in spread out communities - Small towns developed along rivers and coasts - Only a few large cities developed as trading centers - Population of 12 million in 1860 - About 3.5 mil slaves in 1860 - Most in South were small farmers - Only ¼ of Southerners owned slaves
