Morrill Tariff
C. Northern Manufacturers
Northerners who would experience increased industrial growth because of a decrease in British imports.
The Tariff of Abominations is a derisive term used by southerners to describe the Tariff of 1828. The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff that was passed to help northern industries. Some businesses were being shut down due to an inability to compete with lower priced imported goods. The Tariff made the South have to pay more for imported goods and impacted cotton prices due to the reductions in exports from Britain.
The United States' tariff policies favored Northern manufacturers and harmed Southern farmers
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Tariff revenues fell disproportionately on the South, accounting for 87% of total, thus protecting Northern industrial interests.
The Americans that benefited the most from the Tariff of 1816 were the manufacturers. The western and northern states, having a strong industrial base, strongly supported the tariff.
The nation's manufacturing industry was in jeopardy due to imported goods at very low prices. The Tariff of 1828 was one of many tariffs passed by Congress to impose tax on imported goods.
(Henry Clay)
(Henry Clay)
The newly industrial North didn't like competing with the already established industrial powers in Europe (especially Great Britain), so they favored the tariff to drive up the prices of any imported manufactured goods. The agricultural South didn't have nearly as many factories, so they needed to buy their manufactured goods. They wanted more competition in order to drive down prices, so they opposed the tariff.
Vice Presiden John C. Calhoun, along with various southern states, opposed the tariff, believing it to be unconstitutional, favoring one sector of the economy over another. They felt the protective features on tariffs were harmful to southern agrarian interests.
New England Textile Manufacturers
President Andrew Jackson put a tariff on imports coming into those states.
C. Northern Manufacturers
New England manufacturers begin to worry about competing with foreign goods after the War of 1812. They pushed for a tariff on these imported goods to protect themselves. This resulted in the passage of the Tariff of 1816.
The Southern economy was an agrarian one. Almost all of its non-agriculture products had to be purchased from Northern factories or from Europe. A tariff on imported goods forced the Southerners to pay higher prices from either the Northern manufacturers or from factories in Europe. The tariffs allowed Northern manufacturing companies to price their goods just below the tariff laden prices of imported goods. The Federal government used tariffs to help the nation's industrial base.