The Hallowell Paper Mill produced bank notes for the United States. The fundamental difference between the North and the South is industry v. agrarianism. This broad difference between the North and the South was the driving force behind the war. Many important issues and political events occurred because of this fundamental difference. Because the South felt as if it was being suffocated by national government, political and more economic tensions arose.
Internal improvements are a perfect example of the tensions between the North and South.
The South opposed internal improvements because it had much less of a need for internal improvements. The North needed internal improvements for better transportation for their manufactured goods to the South and the West. The North wanted roads, railroads, canals to be built and paid for by the national government. The South for the same reasons opposed a national bank, and a tariff. The South felt that these things were only for the benefit of the North and furthered their opinion that the government was not representing their needs.