At the ending point of the war the articles of confederation were starting to show flaws. The articles were made of a weak central government and strong state governments. This combination allowed for the sections of the United States to grow farther apart by allowing them to pass laws that would not be able to restrict the power of the other section so the more states that were behind the section the stronger its leverage in the central government was. The south ate the weak central government because they knew the north would not be able to abolish slavery.
             During the years of sectionalism there were two main sections the north, and the south. The north was very business orientated. While the North was not known for its agricultural production it was the largest producer of grain. Life was faster and commerce important. The south was primarily agricultural. The southern economy was primarily based upon the existence of large plantations. The plantation economy relied on slaves to produce tobacco and cotton. The plantation lifestyle was a slower more lackadaisical lifestyle. Farmers on the plantation did not do the work themselves. The north and south were very different. The four main differences were first and foremost the most was slavery. For the most part most northerners really didn't care about slavery in the beginning but as time went on slavery, as the extension of slavery into the western territories, became the main concern. Representation was next on the list each section wanted power to pass laws. This meant the more states backing the section the more representation that section got in congress. Tariffs were one of the dividing factors the south depended on goods from Britain for every day life and they resented all tariffs. On the other hand the north supported tariffs to protect industry the tension between the two sections led to the right of nullification. (The power of a state to declare a federal law null and v...