USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The tariff was replaced in 1833, and the crisis ended. It was called the “Tariff of Abominations” by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy. It set a 38% tax on some imported goods and a 45% tax on certain imported raw materials.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tariff of 1828 raised taxes on imported manufactures so as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing. Southerners, arguing that the tariff enhanced the interests of the Northern manufacturing industry at their expense, referred to it as the Tariff of Abominations.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The southerners looked to Vice President John C. Calhoun from South Carolina for leadership against what they labeled the “Tariff of Abominations.” The Ordinance of Nullification issued by South Carolina in 1832 foreshadowed the state’s announcement of secession nearly 30 years later.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.