JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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South
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North
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West
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Northerners and Westerners tended to favor tariffs, banking, and internal improvements, while Southerners tended to oppose them as measures that disadvantaged their section and gave too much power to the federal government.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The South opposed high tariffs because they made trade with foreign countries more expensive.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.