The tariffs helped the North more because the North manufactured all the goods that were bought in the USA and the tariffs caused everyone who was buying goods from Brittain to stop because the expenses were high so that caused them to start buying goods from the North which made their economy much stronger.
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The majority of industry was located in the north, so protective tariffs served to protect their industries from foreign competition. While the south had an economy that was based on the export of raw materials and the importing of manufactured goods, the North was the exact opposite. The collected tariff money was used to fund public projects in the north like roads, harbor and river improvement. They also received more money for coastal defense.
Yes the North did seek high tariffs in the antebellum days. This was due to the idea that unless imported goods were taxed, Northern factories might lose business to foreign enterprises. They especially wanted the South to be the exclusive buyers of its products to help the plantation system that then existed in the South.
Southern planters had fewer buyers. They gave the North cheaper raw materials. It lowered the price of cotton.
Not really. Part of the plan involved high protective tariffs on foreign goods so that American consumers would be more likely to purchase American-made goods. It would also allocate funds for infrastructure improvement (roads and other transportation systems like the Erie Canal). It would create a National Banks to standardize currency. However, may in the south opposed the high tariffs because the benefits from the extra costs would help the industrial North because more people would be purchasing their goods and because improved transportation mostly occurred in the north. They resented the fact that they had to pay more and would not reap the benefits. the program also created divisions in congress because it was supported most notably by Whig Henry Clay but staunchly opposed by Republican-democrats.
The Kansas Nebraska Act did help keep the balance involving sectionalism and the North and South, but only by helping the North. Many Southerners were actually quite agrivated at the though of Congress standing up for the North, and this was when the first whispers of Sectionalism came into play.
He fixed it with the help of his Secretary Of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton initiated an economic plan that included a national bank, excise tax, assumption of states' debts,and tariffs.
He went to the south and founded schools
He went south and founded schools for African Americans.