I have read that the cause of the Civil War was that the South was buying its manufactured goods from England while manufacturing firms were struggling to establish themselves in the North, and Lincoln, who drew much of his support from these firms, placed a tariff on English manufactured goods in order to force the South to buy from them.
I have read that the cause of the Civil War was that the South was buying its manufactured goods from England while manufacturing firms were struggling to establish themselves in the North, and Lincoln, who drew much of his support from these firms, placed a tariff on English manufactured goods in order to force the South to buy from them.