Which describes a significant difference between the north and the south in the years leading up to the civil war? the north favored a protectionist tarriff on foreign goods, while the south did not. the north supported two major political parties, while the south supported only one major political party. the north had a system of railways, while the south relied only on road and river systems. the north grew its own food, while the south focused on cash crops and imported most of its food. the north did not support jim crow laws, while the south did. nextreset

During the 1st part of the 1800's the North and the South grew in different ways. In the North, cities are where you can find wealth and manufacturing. There were a lot of skilled workers in the North.  Meanwhile in the South, there was not much industrial manufacturing. There were very few skilled workers. Most of the people there were farmers and money came from planting crops like cotton, rice, sugar cane and tobacco. It was the slaves who did most of the work on the plantations.

However aside from that, the greatest significant difference leading up to the Civil war was:

“The North favored a protectionist tariff on foreign goods, while the South did not.”

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