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.
They were popular
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.
Merchants held tariffs on imported goods.
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
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.
The North wanted to proetct its industry against foreign imports. The South only had cotton, and needed all kinds of imports. So the Tariffs were seen as a tax by the North on the South.
the tariffs did not benfit trade in southern cities.
They thought it was unfair
their states rights.
Southerners bought many products from northeastern manufacturers
They depended on goods from Europe.
The Southerners believed that the teriffs violated their states rights. PS. DeDe_swagg01 on instagram follow me.
the tariff helped only the north while reducing European interest in the exports that the south and west relied on.
Because it favored the North
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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.
they wanted to get rid of tariffs on the Northern goods.
Southerners are against LGBT because it goes against their collective values