THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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fostered the nation’s hatred of British companies
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fueled growing sectional differences within the country
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fueled growing sectional differences within the country
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favored the South’s agriculture-based economy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pres. Andrew Jackson declared that states did not have the right of nullification and asked Congress for authority to collect the tariff by force if necessary. Congress responded with the Force Bill. The law allowed the president to relocate customs houses and to require that customs duties be paid in cash.
Detailed explanation-2: -Growing disdain between the North and South with regards to slavery, coupled with this new tariff that strengthened the Northern economy while vastly weakening the Southern economy, greatly increased the already omnipresent sectionalism between the regions.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.