Match each phrase with the region of the United States that it describes in the years immediately preceding the Civil War.(5 points) North South accounted for the majority of food production contained less than a third of the population contained the majority of the railroad network economy based primarily on agriculture produced almost all manufactured goods

Here’s how each phrase matches with the regions of the United States in the years immediately preceding the Civil War:

1. **North**: contained the majority of the railroad network
2. **South**: accounted for the majority of food production
3. **South**: contained less than a third of the population
4. **North**: produced almost all manufactured goods
5. **South**: economy based primarily on agriculture

This matches the economic and demographic characteristics of the North and South during that period.