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the tariff helped only the north while reducing European interest in the exports that the south and west relied on.
No, Democrats Wanted High Tariffs, while Republicans wanted High Tariffs
competition from Great Britain on the trade front was fierce and Congress was continually dealing with demands to raise tariffs in order to protect domestic companies. In August 1827, delegates to a convention in Harrisburg, PA signed a petition to force Congress to do something about the grievances of both farm and manufacturing interests by increasing tariffs. The northern states were generally in favor, but southerners weren't because the higher tariffs meant higher prices for the manufactured products they didn't produce themselves, while southerners also felt Great Britain and France would retaliate on items like cotton, forcing the region into poverty. The result was the Tariff of Abominations in 1828. Historian Robert Remini described it as a "ghastly, lopsided, unequal bill, every section of which showed marks of political preference and favoritism."
It was the North because the north gained money while south lost it because they bought most of their goods from Britain, who goods had the tariffs on them.
Some southerners from the US call people from the north Northerners while there are some that call them Yankees. Others simply call them by their first name.
the tariff helped only the north while reducing European interest in the exports that the south and west relied on.
No, Democrats Wanted High Tariffs, while Republicans wanted High Tariffs
Southerners feared the Tariff because the rich plutocrats in the South needed to export their ill-gotten agricultural goods while importing luxuries from abroad. A Tariff makes that harder.
competition from Great Britain on the trade front was fierce and Congress was continually dealing with demands to raise tariffs in order to protect domestic companies. In August 1827, delegates to a convention in Harrisburg, PA signed a petition to force Congress to do something about the grievances of both farm and manufacturing interests by increasing tariffs. The northern states were generally in favor, but southerners weren't because the higher tariffs meant higher prices for the manufactured products they didn't produce themselves, while southerners also felt Great Britain and France would retaliate on items like cotton, forcing the region into poverty. The result was the Tariff of Abominations in 1828. Historian Robert Remini described it as a "ghastly, lopsided, unequal bill, every section of which showed marks of political preference and favoritism."
The republicans supported higher tariffs while the reformers within the GOP supported lower tariffs. Reformers believed that high tariffs actually helped trusts.
The republicans supported higher tariffs while the reformers within the GOP supported lower tariffs. Reformers believed that high tariffs actually helped trusts.
It was the North because the north gained money while south lost it because they bought most of their goods from Britain, who goods had the tariffs on them.
The US was all open trade while Europe was divided into states, each with its own tariffs.
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The US was all open trade while Europe was divided into states, each with its own tariffs.
The US was all open trade while Europe was divided into states, each with its own tariffs.
While both Northerners and Southerners believed they fought against tyranny and oppression, Northerners focused on the oppression of slaves while Southerners defended their own right to self-government.