Taft further alienated progressives when the tariff bill went to the Senate. The powerful head of the Senate Finance Committee, Republican Nelson Aldrich from Rhode Island, wanted to protect high tariffs, as did many other conservative senators. The result was the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which cut tariffs hardly at all and actually raised them on some goods.
The tariff was the only tax of any great importance at that time. Pierce did not make any effort to get the tariff reduced even though the government was running a surplus.
A compromise tariff, supported by President Jackson, was passed.
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The high tariff meant that Southerners had to pay more for imports. Many people thought that the tariff was unconstitutional. Anger against the tariff increased in the South. Congress passed a new tariff in 1832 that lowered the rate slightly. South Carolina was not satisfied. It passed the Nullification Act, which declared the new tariff illegal. US President Andrew Jackson sent US troops to South Carolina to enforce Federal tariff laws.
President Wilson contributed greatly to political science. President Wilson's ideas consisted of the tariff reform, the business reform, and the banking reform.
The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act split the Republican party into the Progressives and the Old Guard. The split caused a loss in the next election.
William H. Taft was elected president in 1908. He enraged the Republican Progressives by lowering tariff rates, replacing the secretary of the interior and by breaking up the U.S Steel trust.
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The tariff was the only tax of any great importance at that time. Pierce did not make any effort to get the tariff reduced even though the government was running a surplus.
"This angered progressives who believed Taft had abandoned progressivism."(page 535) in the "The Americans" US History school book"by McDougal Littell
By signing the tariff-raising Payne-Aldrich Bill, backing conservative speaker of the house Joseph Cannon, and firing conservationist Gifford Pinchot. :]
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The president who split the Republican party after angering both progressives and conservationists was William Howard Taft. His actions, including signing the Payne-Aldrich Tariff and opposing conservation policies, led to the formation of the Progressive Party, which nominated Theodore Roosevelt as their candidate in the 1912 election. This split in the Republican party ultimately contributed to the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
democrats supported it
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The North and South wouldn't be able to trade and it would greatly hurt their economy.
Because it did not lower Tariffs enough and did very little to positively take care of taxes. It also caused Taft to lose the support of his progressive wing of his party.