JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Tariffs would increase the demand for American manufactured goods.
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Tariffs would improve the quality of American-made products.
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Tariffs would increase the price of raw materials from the West.
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Tariffs would result in more revenue for the federal government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Protective tariffs are tariffs that are enacted with the aim of protecting a domestic industry. They aim to make imported goods cost more than equivalent goods produced domestically, thereby causing sales of domestically produced goods to rise, supporting local industry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tariffs were also used for protectionist purposes, benefiting largely northern manufacturing businesses and effectively raising the costs to southern agricultural exporting industries. Tariffs also spawned corruption and political favoritism for some industries over others.
Detailed explanation-3: -Southern states such as South Carolina contended that the tariff was unconstitutional and were opposed to the newer protectionist tariffs, as they would have to pay, but Northern states favored them because they helped strengthen their industrial-based economy.
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.