answersLogoWhite

0

Why were tariffs not good for the south?

Updated: 8/19/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

Best Answer

The South had a Slave labor economy, in which labor is cheap and technology is expensive. North had the technology advantage but labor was relatively more expensive. Much like the current situation with China and the United States.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why were tariffs not good for the south?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

How are the North and South different from their suggestion of tariffs?

the north and the south both had differnt veiws or belives on tariffs. The North wanted tariffs and the south did not.


Was the south in favor of tariffs?

No; the South depended on exporting cotton and US tariffs would have invited tariffs in the countries to which they exported.


Why did Governor Hayne of The North higher tariffs because tariffs . The South higher tariffs because tariffs South Carolina favor states' rights?

Cjjgjffigvvtgjvgtfvhgy hgggs.


What did the south call tariffs?

They didn't call it anything but taxes or just tariffs


What side opposed tariffs north or south?

the south opposed tariffs because they had to import all of their stuff from foreign countries


Why did the north and south have different attitudes toward height tariffs?

Tariffs dealt with their trade.


The nullification crisis concerned South Carolina's dissatisfaction with federal policy on what?

tariffs


Did the south favor low tariffs?

yes.


Which political party supported low tariffs?

The Confederates (South)


How did nullification relate to the tariffs in the early 1800s?

In response to tariffs laid on South Carolina by President Andrew Jackson, a number of South Carolina citizens endorsed the states' rights to nullification of tariffs. South Carolina declared the tariffs of of 1828 and 1832 null and void through the Ordinance of Nullification. This led to President Jackson sending a small amount of naval vessels to South Carolina in November 1832.


Why did the North and the South have different attitudes toward higher tariffs?

Because Tariffs deal with their trade... which is bad.


Why was the south against the tariff?

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.