JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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They were forced to buy goods from the North that cost more than foreign goods
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The South had no representation in Congress to fight the tax
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No members of Congress voted on the tax
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the South had exclusive trade partnerships with British traders
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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: -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-3: -Why did the Southerners call the tariff the “Tariff of Abomination"? They hated it because it made things more expensive for the South, and earned more money for the North.