NORTH

SOUTH

WEST

Three Regions Emerge

NorthEconomy based on trade & manufacturingSupported tariffsHelped them compete with BritishOpposed sale of public land by government at

cheap pricesCheap land encouraged factories to move

westPotential laborers would move west

SouthBased on Farming-AgricultureRaised all types of cropsCash crops tobacco and cottonSold large portions of crops to foreign nationsImported manufactured goodsTariffs made imported goods more expensiveHigh tariffs angered the South’s European

trading partnersPartners may raise tariffs on their goodsWanted lower tariffs

South ContinuedRelied on African Americans to work the

plantationsIssue of slavery will become increasingly

controversial between the north and the south

WestFrontier economy just starting to emerge

Support for internal improvements-roads & water transportation

Supported the sale of public lands

Grew wide variety of crops

Biggest priority was to get cheap land