The South was against it. The tariff was aimed at protecting northern manufacturing. The South traded agricultural products like cotton for manufactured goods which the tariff made more expensive.
Northern industrialists favored tariffs.
Northerners favored the protective tariffs of the 1820s because these tariffs benefited their emerging manufacturing industries by making imported goods more expensive, encouraging consumers to buy domestically produced items. In contrast, southerners detested these tariffs as they relied heavily on imported goods and were concerned that higher prices would hurt their economy. Additionally, they felt that the tariffs favored northern interests at the expense of southern agricultural economies, leading to tensions between the regions.
The modern Republican party would generally favor lowering tariffs, encouraging open trade among countries. High tariffs are seen by Democrats as a way to protect domestic jobs.
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western states
Northern industrialists favored tariffs.
Usually politicians talking about "Buying American" or domestic producers who are not as efficient at producing their good as international companies favored high tariffs.
low tariffs
Silverites
make American industry more efficient.
Make American industry more efficient.
federalists
Because it favored the North
The Repulican Party
Tight money supply, high tariffs, and government aid to railroads.
Northerners favored the protective tariffs of the 1820s because these tariffs benefited their emerging manufacturing industries by making imported goods more expensive, encouraging consumers to buy domestically produced items. In contrast, southerners detested these tariffs as they relied heavily on imported goods and were concerned that higher prices would hurt their economy. Additionally, they felt that the tariffs favored northern interests at the expense of southern agricultural economies, leading to tensions between the regions.
The modern Republican party would generally favor lowering tariffs, encouraging open trade among countries. High tariffs are seen by Democrats as a way to protect domestic jobs.