[Sherman Logan]

The South wanted access to foreign markets for their goods but the North was in their way.

Please explain to me how the North was preventing the South from accessing foreign markets for their goods. The US Consitution specifically prohibits any taxes or tariffs on exports, so there were none.

[Nowhere Man]

Maybe I misstated a little bit but what hurt the South was the high tarrifs the North put on imported manufactured and other goods that the South wanted to buy.