JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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both regions decided to nullify the tariff
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each region was based on a different economy
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higher tariffs helped the industrial north
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higher tariffs hurt the agricultural south
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did Northerners and Southerners disagree with the tariffs? Tariffs protected Northerners factories from foreign competition because they made imported goods more expensive than American-made. Southerns depended on trading cotton in exchange for foreign goods. Rising tariffs hurt the South’s economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The primary cause of the Nullification Crisis of 1832 was the hated 1828 Tariff of Abominations that drastically increased tariff rates. Other causes of the Nullification Crisis included southern adoption of the theory of nullification as well as political ambition from southern leaders such as John C. Calhoun.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.