nd to slavery. All these compromise measures resulted in a gradual intensification of the hostility between the slave and free states. The North was just drowning the South out. In politics, the North had an advantage over the South. The North was more populated than the South and the South only counted slaves, which was big part of their populations as of a person. Since the House of Representative was based on population representation, the increasing population in the North gave them a big majority over the South. In the North, they strongly believe that majority rules and that they should make and execute the laws. These kind of political views were also part of the reasons for war. Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. The North also wanted a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements. The South felt these were discriminatory and that they favored Northern commercial interests. The North had been going over the line, trying to take away their state rights. The South had to stand up for themselves and fight for their moral rights. The South, which was dependent on slavery, would have been devastated if slavery was abolished. The prospering North was trying to control most of the South for their capital benefits. The existence of slavery was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. Other problems existed that led to succession but none were as big as the slavery issue. The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slavery but this was not able to be done...
