JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
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Why did the South dislike the Tariff of 1828?
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It affected the prices Southerners had to pay goods
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It affected the price of slaves
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It abolished the slave trade
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The size of farms was limited to 300 acres
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Explanation:
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 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.
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