NorthEconomy is based on manufacturing. They support tariffs which is American goods that can be sold at lower prices.
The South Economy is based on agriculture. There opposition to tariffs, which increased the cost of imported goods.
Support for internal improvements and the sale of public lands. Cheap land encouraged potential laborers to move from northern factory towns to the west.Southerners sold large portion of their crops to foreign nations. Southerners imported their manufactured goods.
Tariffs make goods more expensive.
"Congress should not favor one state or region over another."
States have the right to nullify, or reject, any federal law they judged to be unconstitutional.
Henry Clay proposed a compromise in 1833, saying that they would lower the tariff little by little over several years. Neither side changed its beliefs about states right. Argument would continue for years and cause conflict which is the Civil War.
Happened because of events through the government. It was the different ideas that the North and South had.