By angering foreign trade partners
By angering foreign trade partners
By angering foreign trade partners
a shortage of workers
It was very high?
Their economy was booming with Cotton sales to foreign nations, but the US put a Tariff of Abomination in place which taxed imported goods. People from the south hated this because they feared that the foreign nations would tax their exports, and nobody would buy them.
By angering foreign trade partners
By angering foreign trade partners
By angering foreign trade partners
It was to protect the US's economy. They anted people to by their stuff, not foreign things.
The Hawley Smoot Tariff was the largest tariff in American history. It raised the taxes incredibly on imported goods. Unfortunately, foreign markets did the same in response. This began a "trade war" between U.S. and foreign markets. This in turn did hurt the U.S. economy.
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.
a shortage of workers
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Yes, he did.
It was very high?
Harrison favored a strong protective tariff. Cleveland wanted to reduce the tariff somewhat.
The US government attempted to facilitate the growth of domestic industry by placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports.