USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The purpose of the Tariff of 1828 (the Tariff of Abominations) was to
A
protect Southern cotton exports.
B
force Britain to negotiate a better trade deal.
C
protect Northeastern fishing.
D
protect Northeastern industry.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It set a 38% tax on some imported goods and a 45% tax on certain imported raw materials. The manufacturing-based economy in the Northeastern states was suffering from low-priced imported manufactured items from Britain. The major goal of the tariff was to protect the factories by taxing imports from Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Tariff of 1828, also called the Tariff of Abominations, was a protective tariff passed in the early 19th century to support growing domestic industries by raising the costs of imported goods, a view that came to be known as protectionism.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Tariff of 1832 The purpose of this tariff was to act as a remedy for the conflict created by the Tariff of 1828. The protective Tariff of 1828 was primarily created to protect the rapidly growing industry-based economy of the North.

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