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Because the southerners had built few factories and didn't benefit from the tariff. Southerners bought many British goods and the tariff drove up the price. The southerners complained that the tariff made northern manufacturers rich at the expense of the South.

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How did the northeast and west and south feel about the government spending money on transportation improvements?

The Northeast and West wanted the government to spend money on transportation to help transport goods. Southerners opposed this because the money to pay for the improvements would come from tariffs, and southerners did not want an increase in tariffs.


Local merchants held what against imported goods?

Merchants held tariffs on imported goods.


During the 1920s European nations retaliated against US tariff hikes by increasing their own tariffs?

Tariffs are not that high in the USA during the 1920s. European countries had high tariffs as well, definitely compared to the pre-WW1 period, but this was mostly because of problems reestablishing the gold standard


Why are tariffs and other trade barriers economically harmful when they save some jobs?

Tariffs and other trade barriers are economically harmful when they save some jobs because the higher prices forced upon the people by the tariffs ultimately will cost more jobs than they save.


Why did the South want to lower or ban tariffs?

The Southern economy was an agrarian one. Almost all of its non-agriculture products had to be purchased from Northern factories or from Europe. A tariff on imported goods forced the Southerners to pay higher prices from either the Northern manufacturers or from factories in Europe. The tariffs allowed Northern manufacturing companies to price their goods just below the tariff laden prices of imported goods. The Federal government used tariffs to help the nation's industrial base.

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Why did the southerners oppose the tariffs?

the tariffs did not benfit trade in southern cities.


Why did the southerners hate the Tariffs?

They thought it was unfair


What was the reason why southerners objected to high tariffs?

Southerners bought many products from northeastern manufacturers


Southerners believed that these tariffs violated?

their states rights.


Why were southerners upset by the level of Tariffs 1828?

They depended on goods from Europe.


What did Southerners believed that these tariffs violated?

The Southerners believed that the teriffs violated their states rights. PS. DeDe_swagg01 on instagram follow me.


Why were southerners opposed to tariffs on imported goods?

the tariff helped only the north while reducing European interest in the exports that the south and west relied on.


Why were northeasterners in favor of tariffs while southerners were not?

Northeasterners favored tariffs because they protected their burgeoning industries from foreign competition, allowing local businesses to thrive and create jobs. In contrast, southerners opposed tariffs as they relied heavily on imported goods and agricultural exports; tariffs raised the cost of foreign products while potentially provoking retaliatory measures against Southern exports. This economic divide underscored the differing interests and priorities between the industrial North and the agrarian South.


Why did southerners object to tariffs before the civil war?

Because it favored the North


Why did the possibility of higher tariffs upset southerners?

The possibility of higher tariffs upset southerners because they relied heavily on the export of agricultural products, particularly cotton, which would become more expensive for foreign buyers if tariffs were imposed. Higher tariffs could lead to retaliatory measures from other countries, harming southern economies. Additionally, southerners viewed tariffs as favoring northern industrial interests at their expense, exacerbating regional tensions and contributing to the sense of economic inequality between the North and South.


Some southerners were drawn to the republican party because?

Many Southerners were drawn to the Republican Party by of its emphasis on economic development. Their fiscal policy was that of hard money, high tariffs, high wages, and high profits.


What did southerners in the mid-1800s think about tariffs?

Make your question more clear. What tariffs and when? If you did not answer your own question, someone would get a right one to you.