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As I understand it, tariffs were a major issue between the
Posted on: November 17, 2016 at 17:59:42 CT
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north and south at the time.
The north had a lot of manufacturing and wanted high tariffs to keep English products out of their market. The south wanted low tariffs because they were exporting a lot of cotton to Europe and they would retaliate if we raised tariffs.
The north prevailed and raised tariffs and it was a major hardship on the south and caused a lot of anger and resentment.
Their fears over what Lincoln would do regarding slavery obviously was a big factor in their calculations and they decided to secede from the union.
The north had a lot of manufacturing and wanted high tariffs to keep English products out of their market. The south wanted low tariffs because they were exporting a lot of cotton to Europe and they would retaliate if we raised tariffs.
The north prevailed and raised tariffs and it was a major hardship on the south and caused a lot of anger and resentment.
Their fears over what Lincoln would do regarding slavery obviously was a big factor in their calculations and they decided to secede from the union.
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As I understand it, tariffs were a major issue between the - JeffB MU - 11/17 17:59:42