How did the tariff impact the economies of the South and the North differently?

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Ollie

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11 February, 13:16

How did the tariff impact the economies of the South and the North differently?

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Shyanne Singh · Answer 1

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Many analysts call the conflict between the south and north, in the American Civil War, a "tariff war". The north financed its industrialization through high rates of imports of primary goods, which undermined the economic functioning of the south, which in turn required agricultural machinery.

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