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'''''1. Explain why the North supported higher tariffs, but the South opposed them.'''''  
 
'''''1. Explain why the North supported higher tariffs, but the South opposed them.'''''  
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North- They supported higher tariffs so they could raise the price of the manufactured goods they sent through the seas. They were able to make a good profit off of the tariffs. The tariffs also protected the North's manufacturing companies against competition.  
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North - They supported higher tariffs so they could raise the price of the manufactured goods they sent through the seas. They were able to make a good profit off of the tariffs. The tariffs also protected the North's manufacturing companies against competition.  
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South- They opposed higher tariffs because it caused the price of manufactured goods to rise and it endangered them from foreign trade. The South, being a big exporter of cotton and other cash crops, would naturally want to limit competition so they would be in favor of tariffs to prevent competition from foreign countries.
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South - They opposed higher tariffs because it caused the price of manufactured goods to rise and it endangered them from foreign trade. The South, being a big exporter of cotton and other cash crops, would naturally want to limit competition so they would be in favor of tariffs to prevent competition from foreign countries.
    
'''''2. Do you think States have the right to secede from (leave) the United States? Discuss, including a mention of "nullification doctrine."'''''  
 
'''''2. Do you think States have the right to secede from (leave) the United States? Discuss, including a mention of "nullification doctrine."'''''  

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