A tax on imports that was made for no reason.
The Southern economy was an agrarian one. Almost all of its non-agriculture products had to be purchased from Northern factories or from Europe. A tariff on imported goods forced the Southerners to pay higher prices from either the Northern manufacturers or from factories in Europe. The tariffs allowed Northern manufacturing companies to price their goods just below the tariff laden prices of imported goods. The Federal government used tariffs to help the nation's industrial base.
an agreement to offer a trading partner the lowest tariff rate offered to other trading partners.
Because the southerners had built few factories and didn't benefit from the tariff. Southerners bought many British goods and the tariff drove up the price. The southerners complained that the tariff made northern manufacturers rich at the expense of the South.
panic of 1857
Morrill Tariff
The South was against it. The tariff was aimed at protecting northern manufacturing. The South traded agricultural products like cotton for manufactured goods which the tariff made more expensive.
The Americans that benefited the most from the Tariff of 1816 were the manufacturers. The western and northern states, having a strong industrial base, strongly supported the tariff.
The Northwest generally supported the Tariff of 1816 as it protected their growing industries. The South, however, was opposed to the tariff as it increased the cost of imported goods that the region relied on and favored Northern manufacturing.
The United States' tariff policies favored Northern manufacturers and harmed Southern farmers
Henry Clay
The northern American states favored high tariffs because it made people buy American goods. The south would trade England the cotton and often get cloth in return. This made getting that cloth more expensive.
Harrison favored a strong protective tariff. Cleveland wanted to reduce the tariff somewhat.
The nullification crisis erupted over the issue of tariffs, specifically the Tariff of 1828 (also known as the Tariff of Abominations) which southern states believed favored northern interests at their expense. South Carolina threatened to nullify the tariff within its borders, leading to a dispute over states' rights and federal authority.
The nation's manufacturing industry was in jeopardy due to imported goods at very low prices. The Tariff of 1828 was one of many tariffs passed by Congress to impose tax on imported goods.
It favored manufacturing over commerce and agriculture.
The newly industrial North didn't like competing with the already established industrial powers in Europe (especially Great Britain), so they favored the tariff to drive up the prices of any imported manufactured goods. The agricultural South didn't have nearly as many factories, so they needed to buy their manufactured goods. They wanted more competition in order to drive down prices, so they opposed the tariff.