JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Tariff of Good Feelings
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Tariff of Abomination
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Nullification Crisis
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -On this date, the Tariff of 1828-better known as the Tariff of Abominations-passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. Southern Democrats hoped that the latter…
Detailed explanation-4: -Many Americans bought British made goods because they were more durable and sold for less. The tariff was raised and 1824, and then raised to an unbearable rate in 1828, thus receiving its nickname of the Tariff of Abominations!