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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Experiences all four seasons | North |
| Short growing seasons | North |
| Best farming soil in the world, located between the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys | North |
| Deforestation, mining, shipbuilding and trade | North |
| Mild winters, hot humid summers | South |
| Heavy rain and long growing seasons | South |
| Swamps and marshes, mountains, hills, coastal plains | South |
| Rivers are very important for travel here! | South |
| Grows rice, sugarcane, indigo, tobacco, and corn | South |
| Known for wheat-production, became known as "America's Breadbasket" | North |
| Economy based on agriculture | South |
| Economy based on industry and manufacturing | North |
| Cotton gin made cotton production its most important economic activity | South |
| Textile mills along waterways increased industry in this area | North |
| Factories here shifted work from skilled craftspeople to less-skilled laborers | North |
| Preferred a strong national government that would protect improvements in manufacturing, trade, and transportation | North |
| The National Road, stretching from Baltimore to St. Louis, was built here to increase trade and link the East and West | North |
| The Erie Canal is located here | North |
| Riverboat travel helped farmers get their crops up and down the Mississippi to trade in the port city of New Orleans | South |
| There were over 20,000 miles of railroad tracks located here! | North |
| There were only 10,000 miles of railroad tracks here | South |
| Wealthy plantation owners dominated politics and the economy | South |
| The majority of African Americans in this area were enslaved | South |
| African Americans were free here, due to many states passing laws that made slavery illegal | North |
| 7 in 10 people still live on farms, although many moved to cities for factory or mill jobs | North |
| Due to discrimination, many African Americans made their own churches, schools, and businesses | North |
| Free African Americans had to wear badges here | South |
| African Americans living here were considered to be a dangerous group, and were prevented from owning guns and traveling freely | South |
| Large groups of immigrants moved to cities here due to famines or failed revolutions in their home countries | North |
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