North v South (tarrifs)

Question 1

protective tarrifs -

Answer 1

taxes on imported goods

Question 2

North Economy:

Answer 2

• industrial trade, factories
• in direct competition with Great Brit
• doesn’t rely on slavery
• “free labor”: paid labor where the employee and boss agreed on the pay check (free ppl no slaves)

Question 3

South Economy:

Answer 3

• slavery dependant, didn’t consider them human
• agricultural, based on cash crops (tabacco, cotton)
• recieved goods and sold them to Great Brit

Question 4

Why did the North want protective tarrifs?

Answer 4

• making GB’s goods more expensive would encourage Americans (specifically the South) to buy more local products
• better for economy

Question 5

Why did the South object to protective tarrifs?

Answer 5

• they bought from GB so they didn’t want their supplier becoming more pricey

Question 6

Opinions on slavery in the North

Answer 6

• slavery should be abolished
• slaves should be freed (but not neccesarily equal)

Question 7

Opinions on slavery in the South

Answer 7

• wanted to keep their slaves bc they made up much of the population and HOR was population based

Question 8

3/5 Clause

Answer 8

Agreed that slaves would count as 3/5ths of a person (early example of institutional racism)

Question 9

Fugitive Slave Clause

Answer 9

Runaway slaves will be returned to their owners, regardless of how long they’ve been free or where they ended up
“Once a slave, always a slave” - ideology

Question 10

1808 Compromise

Answer 10

The government will not interfere with slavery until 1808

Question 11

The South would only accept the North’s tarrifs if which 3 compromises were establish?

Answer 11

3/5 Clause, Fugitive Slave Clause, 1808 Compromise

Question 12

T or F: The North sacrificed equally for the economy.

Answer 12

true