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1.  Explain why the North supported higher tariffs, but the South opposed them.

1.  Explain why the [[United States of America|North]] supported higher [[tariff|tariffs]], but the [[Confederate States of America|South]] opposed them.

:The North supported higher tariffs because it was a manufacturing center and tariffs helped it to outsell foreign competition. The South, on the other hand, was an agricultural economy, and it needed to buy machinery and manufactured goods in order to produce its cotton and other cash crops. Higher US tariffs meant more expensive machinery, and that the South’s agricultural products might face tariffs in other countries and thus be imported by other countries at lower levels. (Addison)

:The North supported higher tariffs because it was a manufacturing center and tariffs helped it to outsell foreign competition. The South, on the other hand, was an agricultural economy, and it needed to buy machinery and manufactured goods in order to produce its cotton and other cash crops. Higher US tariffs meant more expensive machinery, and that the South’s agricultural products might face tariffs in other countries and thus be imported by other countries at lower levels. (Addison)