WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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because it made purchasing much needed European goods more expensive and difficult
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because it violated the separation of church and state
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because it empowered President Jackson, whom the south was against
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because it threatened the strength of the Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was called the “Tariff of Abominations” by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy. It set a 38% tax on some imported goods and a 45% tax on certain imported raw materials.
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: -The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Tariff of 1828 affect the South? What did they call this tariff? The tariff forced Southerners to pay taxes on the manufactured good they received from England in exchange for their cotton. They called the tariff the Tariff of Abominations.