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What was the main reason that the Southern economy remained largely agriculture?
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∙ 12y ago
Developed due to good climate and weather for farming
Nannie Turcotte
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∙ 12y agothere use of agriculture (ex. cotton wheat etc.) made the need of industrialism very low. Since the cotton gin the production of cotton boomed thus making their economy Agrarian (describing someone who makes a living by an agricultural way of life)
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∙ 12y agoThe main reason was climate. The southern states stayed warm for more months than the northern states. Therefore, they had a longer growing period, and they were able to produce more crops.
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What were the differences between the northern and southern states?
North: -economically different: produced stuff like working materials and textiles South: -economically different: focused more on agriculture products, like sugar, tobacco, indigo, etc.
Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because?
Its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled the good earth.
How did the northern states rely on the southern states in the early 19th century?
the northern states relied heavily on cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco
What was the first American colony to have a black majority largely due to an economy based on the production of rice by slaves?
South carolia
What was the US purchase from Mexico called?
Gadsden Purchase. It was done largely to get land needed for a southern railroad line.
What was the main reason that the southern economy remained largely agricultural?
The love
How did the differences between the northern and southern economy's lead to the development of two distinct cultural regions?
The southern economy depended largely on agriculture. The northern economy depended mainly on industry as its means of support. This led to the development of two different cultures.
How did the differences between the northern and the southern economies lead to development of two distinct cultural regions?
The southern economy depended largely on agriculture. The northern economy depended mainly on industry as its means of support. This led to the development of two different cultures.
How did the difference between the northern and southern economies lead to the development of two distinct cultural region?
The southern economy depended largely on agriculture. The northern economy depended mainly on industry as its means of support. This led to the development of two different cultures.
How did the differences between the northern and southern economies lead to the develop of two distinct cultural regions?
The southern economy depended largely on agriculture. The northern economy depended mainly on industry as its means of support. This led to the development of two different cultures.
How did the difference between the northern and southern economies lead to the development of two distinct cultural regions?
The southern economy depended largely on agriculture. The northern economy depended mainly on industry as its means of support. This led to the development of two different cultures.
How did the differences between the northern and southern economies lead to the development of two distinct cultural regions?
The northern economy was industrial and focused on manufacturing, while the southern economy relied on agriculture, particularly cotton production. This led to differences in lifestyle, values, and societal structure between the regions, ultimately contributing to the development of distinct cultural identities in the North and the South.
Is Calabria unfertile?
The southern Italian region of Calabria has some of the most fertile land on all of the peninsula; its economy is still based largely on agriculture, and indeed, even its name comes from the Greek "Kalòs-Bruo" which means fertile land.
What is the relevance of agriculture to the economy?
Agriculture is much less relevant to the US economy than it used to be, largely because of the government programs which keep the value of the commodities artificially low. By most estimates, agriculture represents less than 4% of the total national Gross Domestic Product.
How were the economies of he north and south different before the civil war?
In the period lading up to the US Cvil War, the North had an emerging industrial economy. The South remained a plantation based agricultural economy with much less industrial capability than the North.
What was the south's economy based on?
Cotton and cotton alone. That's why they needed so many foreign imports, so when the Northern-dominated Congress raised the tariff on imported goods (to protect US manufacturing industry, which was all in the North), the Southern states saw it as a hostile tax on the South.
What economy does the outback have?
The industry in Australia's Outback consists largely of mining (minerals and precious stones), agriculture such as sheep and cattle stations and crops such as wheat and cotton, and services such as tourism.
