USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tariffs-The South resented all tariffs as they relied on British imports for more of their everyday goods. They also needed other nations to purchase cotton form their farms. As the north supported tariffs to protect their growing industries the south became incressingly angered.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tariffs fueled sectionalism, which was followed by secession and the American Civil War. A tariff is a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. Between the years 1800 and 1860, arguments between the North and South grew more intense, which was known as Sectionalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tariff sought to protect northern and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports; however, the resulting tax on foreign goods would raise the cost of living in the South and would cut into the profits of New England’s industrialists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sectionalism increased steadily in 1800–1850 as the North industrialized, urbanized and built prosperous factories, while the deep South concentrated on plantation agriculture based on slave labor, together with subsistence farming for poor whites who owned no slaves.