For 72 years, Northern groups used tariffs to exploit the South for their own benefit. Finally in 1861, the treatment of these problems started the civil war. The civil war began because of the increasing differences between the North and South regarding issues like tariffs and other laws. First of all, the South did not have manufactured goods, so they paid to import things from the North. Since the South did not manufacture goods, they had to ship or import from the North. The South had to pay the price of the good, shipping fees which were very expensive, and the federal tariff. In fact, the South would have to pay for most federal tariffs that the North used too. To add on, Money collected from the South was not used for
