Dictators usually resort to force or fraud to gain despotic political power, which they maintain through the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. They may also employ techniques of mass propaganda in order to sustain their public support.
The Embargo Act of 1807 had less of an impact in the South. The South economy was based more upon agricultural production.
I think its the goverment
The party divided into southern and northern factions
