[Original Lurker]

Cuz 80% of all taxes collected at the federal level came from
Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia.

90% of all Federal dollars went to infrastructure spending in the northern states.

[lizma2]

It wasn’t until I had family members move to the south that I heard the expression, “The War on Northern Aggression”

http://www.marottaonmoney.com/protective-tariffs-the-primary-cause-of-the-civil-war/