The North

• 4 distinct seasons

• Rocky soil - not great for farming cash crops

• Thick forests, good coastline, few useful rivers

Geography of the North

• Industrial Revolution

• Based on manufacturing in factories

• Steam powered machines

• Goods produced: textiles, ships, iron, lumber

• Trade with other countries

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Economy of the North

• National Road: 88,000 miles of roads by 1860

• Erie Canal: 3,000 more canals built

• 30,000 miles of railroads built

• Most is built in the North

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Transportation of the North

• Urbanization: cities populations in the North grow by 300%

• German and Irish immigrants come to the North for jobs in factories

• Public schools grow

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Society in the North