| A | B |
|---|
| Economic | Deals with the production, distribution, and use of goods and money |
| Social | Deals with the life, well being, and relations of human beings in a community |
| Political | Deals with government and governing |
| Geographic | The natural features, population, industries, and resources of a region |
| Sectionalism | tension between North and South as each region place their own interests above those of the whole nation of slavery |
| States' rights | Idea that the power of the states' governments should not be trampled by the national government |
| Tariff policies | Federal government put high taxes on imported goods to protect Northern industries |
| Nullification Crisis | South Carolina decided that it had the right to reject federal laws that didn't benefit their state |
