JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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BOTH Northern manufacturers and Southerners opposed tariffs
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BOTH Northern manufacturers and Southerners supported tariffs
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Northern manufacturers supported tariffs, Southerners opposed tariffs
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Protective tariffs made imported goods from Europe cheaper
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -William Cullen Bryant opposes the protective tariff, 1876 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Northern industrialists favored protective tariffs because they allowed the manufactured goods they produced domestically to be sold at a lower cost than foreign goods imported into the United States.