USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who did the tariff favor more?
A
The North
B
Country Folk
C
The South
D
The Poor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The northern industrialists benefited from such measures due to their ability to make their own factory products. The southern merchants and farmers opposed a protective tariff because it raised the price of European manufactured goods while they traded their cotton and other agricultural products abroad.

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: -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-4: -The Mid-Atlantic states were the biggest supporters of the new tariff. Southerners, on the other hand, who imported all of their industrial products, strongly opposed this tariff. They named the tariff “The Black Tariff” or “Tariff of Abominations.” They blamed this tariff for their worsening economic conditions.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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