USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The North favored protective tariffs for their manufacturing industry. The South, which exported agricultural products to and imported manufactured goods from Europe, favored free trade and was hurt by the tariffs.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the lead-up to the Civil War, tariffs-including the Tariff of 1816-contributed to the rise of sectionalism. The south vehemently opposed tariffs while the north and west in general supported them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Northern industrialists favored protective tariffs because they allowed the manufactured goods they produced domestically to be sold at a lower cost than foreign goods imported into the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Northerners and Westerners tended to favor tariffs, banking, and internal improvements, while Southerners tended to oppose them as measures that disadvantaged their section and gave too much power to the federal government.