Title: Free Essay: Political and Economic Changes After the War of 1812
Headings: Political and Economic Changes After the War of 1812
Political and Economic Changes After the War of 1812
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Content: This issue split the South and North creating tension and strong sectionalism. Protective tariffs also divided the country. The North, whose industry was based on manufacturing and trade, produced products more expensive than Europe's. In order to compete with Europe, the North wished to institute protective tariffs as an incentive to buy Northern products. They desired to purchase cheaper European products. Also, the South feared Europe would tax Southern agricultural products sold to European factories. The South saw the tariff as a way for the North to profit while the South to bore the burden. Economic changes also occurred after the War of 1812. Eli Whitney introduced the cotton gin, which enabled mass production of cotton, and led to an increased dependence by the South on a slave based Cotton society. The South's economic system became so dependant on slavery, that by the 1850's one out of every three persons in the South was a slave.