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Causes of War: Tariffs on Manufacturing (0:55)
Southern states felt that, while a high tariff on European products helped Northern manufacturing, it was no benefit to the South.
Causes of War: The Three-Fifths Compromise (0:49)
For purposes of assigning the number each state should have in Congress, lawmakers decided that each slave should count as three-fifths of a person.
Causes of War: Northern Cities (0:59)
The North had large cities, commercial trade, and many factories and banks. Immigrants provided cheap labor to factories. Factory owners wanted workers who were free, not slaves.
Causes of War: Southern Plantations and Farms (1:08)
The South had fewer cities and factories and an economy that centered on farms, including plantations that grew cotton or tobacco. They employed slave labor.
Causes of War: The Preston Plantation (1:12)
Two cousins living in the South argue over the rights of the new territories to use either Slave or free labor.
