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South
Cities
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Plantations were so large and so distant from each other that they became almost self-sufficient, like small towns.
Most Southerners lived on farms, scattered along the coastal plains and the small farmers in the backcountry.
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Climate and geography
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Atlantic Coastal Plain is an area of fertile, rich soil and swamps.
the Gulf of Mexico and has many broad, slow moving, navigable rivers.
Transportation
By 1860 about 10,000 miles of railroad spread across the Southern states.
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Methods of long-distance transport affected the South because products could more easily be sold to more distant markets.
The South had little manufacturing, the Southerners wanted cheap imports.
Economy
The Southern economy was based on agriculture. Crops such as cotton, tobacco, and rice.
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The economy was based on agriculture, industries and towns developed at a slower pace than in the North.
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Culture
There were few schools or churches in the South, since neither education nor religion were very organized.
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Recreational activities included such things as fox hunting, dancing, horse racing, and watching cockfights.
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