JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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idea that Americans were chosen by God to move west and take over the continent
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passed by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South
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ruled in favor of the Cherokees saying that the state of Georgia did not have a right to the Native’s land.
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President of the “common people". Remembered for the effects of the Trail of Tears, or the Indian Removal Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -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, also called the Tariff of Abominations, raised rates substantially (to as much as 50 percent on manufactured goods) but for the first time also targeted items most frequently imported in the industrial states in New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -President Adams fully supported The Tariff of Abominations; designed to provide protection for New England manufacturers.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1828, Congress passed a high protective tariff that infuriated the southern states because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north. For example, a high tariff on imports increased the cost of British textiles. This tariff benefited American producers of cloth-mostly in the north.