USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A protective tariff passed in 1828 designed to protect northern manufactured products from foreign competition. The tariff caused a constitutional crisis when South Carolina threatened to nullify the power of the federal government by refusing to collect the tariff.
A
Spoils System
B
Nullification
C
Tariff of Abominations
D
Veto
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The tariff sought to protect northern and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports; however, the resulting tax on foreign goods would raise the cost of living in the South and would cut into the profits of New England’s industrialists.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tariff of 1832 The purpose of this tariff was to act as a remedy for the conflict created by the Tariff of 1828. The protective Tariff of 1828 was primarily created to protect the rapidly growing industry-based economy of the North.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 began with the passage of the Tariff of 1828 (better known as the Tariff of Abominations) which sought to protect industrial products from competition with foreign imports.

Detailed explanation-4: -In this case, South Carolina claimed it could nullify the Tariff of 1828. Calhoun argued that the tariff was unconstitutional because it violated the trust of the states. If Congress passed a law that was unconstitutional, states had the right to nullify the law.

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