Antebellum means “Before the War,” this marks the period from 1820 to 1860, between the Missouri Compromise and the Civil War. The North has an industrialized economy, its political leader was, Daniel Webster and their political issues were slavery and tariffs. The South had an agricultural economy, their political leader was John C. Calhoun and their political issues were slavery, they were for it and tariffs and they were against it. Lastly, the West, its economy was developing agriculture, its political leader was Henry Clay and its political issues were economic development. Henry Clay started the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was a 36, 30 line that separated the free and slaves states; as a result Missouri became a slave
