| A | B |
| tariff | money charged to goods coming from abroad |
| Northerners | people from the North |
| manufacturing | the most important part of the North' economy |
| issues | problems |
| economy | the way most people in an area earn their money |
| conflict | serious problem |
| senator | member of the senate |
| taxes | money charged to the internal income or economy |
| agriculture | growing plants |
| demand | request, a petition with force |
| compromise | agreement |
| territory | huge piece of land |
| threat | a danger to |
| free state | state with no slaves |
| tensions | struggles of opposing forces |
| to argue | to present a point of view |
| crops | the growing of plants |
| to withdraw | not to participate, to take back |
| foreign products | goods from other countries |
| plantation | farms for tobacco and cotton |