American Tariff Policy

One of the United States' problems was the issue of tariffs. This was one of the biggest sectional issues because the different regions of the United States were so different in commercial issues. For example, the south was really big in agriculture while the north was really big in manufacturing.
<Tab/>Originally all but one section of the US agreed with the tariff; the North because it was the manufacturing center, the South because they were planning on building up their own manufacturing using their own raw goods, and the North West because it helped out the farmers and…