Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Congress imposed tariffs (taxes on imports or exports) to protect the New England textile industry.
protect the industires that had grown up during the war period.
They wanted to protect American from foreign Influences
Cotton and cotton alone. That's why they needed so many foreign imports, so when the Northern-dominated Congress raised the tariff on imported goods (to protect US manufacturing industry, which was all in the North), the Southern states saw it as a hostile tax on the South.
They wanted to protect American from foreign Influences
A PROTECTIVE tariff is intended to artificially inflate prices of imports and protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
PROTECTIVE tariff
To escape the heavy tariffs that Congress was levying on imports, to protect American industry - which was nearly all in the North.
The North wanted tariffs on imports, to protect its manufacturing industry. The South had virtually no manufacturing industry, so it wanted cheap imports.
protect new industries from foreign competition
Congress imposed tariffs (taxes on imports or exports) to protect the New England textile industry.
The McKinley tariff was passed to raise the average duty on imports to almost 50 percent. It was designed to protect domestic industries?æfrom foreign competition and was condemned by the Democrats.
protect home industries from foreign competition
protect home industries from foreign competition
protectionism........
It was to protect the US's economy. They anted people to by their stuff, not foreign things.
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