*extra points* how are the north and the south regions similar ?? PLEASE WRITE 2-4 SENTENCES TYVM

even though they were part of the same country , the north and the south were very different they built factories and manufactured products to sell to other countries and to the southern states . they did not do a lot of farming because the soil was rocky and the colder climate made for a shorter growing season

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mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.

missouri compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery