How did environmental and geographic factors affect the development of sectional economies and identities?

Because the South had better farmland, their economy was based off of agriculture and slave labor. The North, however, did not have good farmland but had a multitude of power sources that helped create the factory system that their economy was based off of.

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explanation:

very positive impact on our industries in the west, sine they promoted settlement and increased the ways in which goods could be transported to market.