It is evident that the Northern Economy was extremely industrialized in comparison with the South, leading to a Southern dependence on the North, and a strong resentment growing in the South, towards the North. ... The South developed annoyance and resentment towards the North as the early abolitionist movements, started protesting the spread of slavery, which in fact was protesting the Southern economy. ... The North's economic progress as the Southern economy began to stall fueled the fires of resentment. ... Jefferson addresses the issue of state rights in his writings "As the federal ...

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