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the role it played in the economy
it was important because it would decide which states would belong to the "north" and the "south", which was important in deciding the fate of slaves. the north wanted slave free, while the south wanted slaves
The compromise that the Framers reached on the issues of the tariffs and slavery were, to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, also to regulate the Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several Sates, and with the Indian Tribes. So the Constitution gave Congress the power to place tariffs on imports, and the Congress was also given the power to control both the interstate and foreign trade. So to agreement with the Southern delegates the Framers from the North agreed to the Southern demands on slavery issue.
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
The North wanted to protect its young industrial base with tariffs (tax) on imported goods. The South had no industrial base, and needed many imports. So this looked like the North taxing the South.
The republicans supported higher tariffs while the reformers within the GOP supported lower tariffs. Reformers believed that high tariffs actually helped trusts.
The republicans supported higher tariffs while the reformers within the GOP supported lower tariffs. Reformers believed that high tariffs actually helped trusts.
Southerners thought the federal government was benefiting one region over another
the imiposition of higher tariffs
Tariffs being too high in South Carolina
The issue that the North and South fought over was called the Wilmot Proviso. It was basically a law of slavery: the North and South were fighting over slavery. The North were anti-slavery and the South were pro-slavery
The industrial north and the less populated agrarian south fought over states's rights issues, tariffs, and lopsided northern representation in Congress. Slavery was a very minor issue at the time.
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
States' rights, unfair tariffs, and unfair representation in congress. Slavery was but a minor issue in 1861.
slavery and the industry