Question

In the United States, the Northern economy depended on industry and the manufacturing of goods. The Southern economy depended on agriculture and trade. The issue of tariffs—taxes on goods imported from other countries—divided the United States. The South opposed high tariffs because they made trade with foreign countries more expensive. Which of the following best explains why the North supported high tariffs on foreign goods?

Answer 1

The one that best explains why the North supported high tariffs on foreign goods is that the north upheld the high tax since all there economy depended on exchanging the north was profiting which by the way the south wasn't a piece of it so that got them furious.

Answer 2

Answer:

With high tariffs, foreign goods were taxed so much that the North did not have to lower prices to compete with them

Explanation:

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