The modern Republican party would generally favor lowering tariffs, encouraging open trade among countries. High tariffs are seen by Democrats as a way to protect domestic jobs.
laissez-faire x3
The 'Whig' party was organized against Andrew Fackson
the republican party.
# A member of an 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories. # A supporter of the war against England during the American Revolution. # A 19th-century American political party formed to oppose the Democratic Party and favoring high tariffs and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
He was against it
The South was against high tariffs because the tariffs forced them to buy high-priced goods from the North instead of getting cheap imports from other countries.
The modern Republican party would generally favor lowering tariffs, encouraging open trade among countries. High tariffs are seen by Democrats as a way to protect domestic jobs.
I believe that it was the Whig Party, not sure.
The Repulican Party
The Confederates (South)
The South was against high tariffs because the tariffs forced them to buy high-priced goods from the North instead of getting cheap imports from other countries.
the Whig party
Under Henry Clay's American System Whigs sought to promote faster industrialization through high tariffs, so yes in general the Whig party supported the use of tariffs.
Why were southern states against the higher tariffs enacted by Congress? It would make it more difficult to export crops. It would give northern farmers an economic advantage.
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 with a platform against slavery in the territories but for tariffs a transcontinental railroad and a Homestead Act.
Legislative branch