Tariff of Abominations (1828)
- What was it?
- What did it do?
- How did it effect North and South?
- Why and How was it important?
How and Why was it Important?
What was it?
What did it do?
How did it effect the interests of the North and the South?
John Quincy Adams pass the "Tariff of 1828" to give a better income for the manufacturing in the North by increasing duties on raw materials, iron goods, and textiles
- Tax imported goods to the North (i.e. manufactured goods)
- over-power British imported goods
North
- kept North's income steady for importing goods
- Kept British goods out of market
South
- Hurt income
- Raised living cost
- Felt it only benefited the North manufacturing
- South did not benefit from the "Tariff"
- Only Favored the Northern industry
- Prioritized certain sectional differences
Calhoun's "South Carolina Exposition and Protest" (1828)
- What was it?
- What did it do?
- How did it effect North and South?
- Why and How was it important?
- Who was important?
What was it?
What did it do?
How did it effect the interests of the North and the South?
Who was important?
Why and How is it Important?
- Emphasized State Rights to void anything that is not in its interest
- State South Carolina threats for secession
- One major role was taken by John Calhoun
- He was the author of "South Carolina's Exposition and Protest"
- Emerged as a supporter for south and secession
- Said that slavery was a "positive good"
North
- Possible strain on the Union
- Improved economy
- South Carolina's first threat of secession from the Union
- South Carolina's "main" reason for Civil War
Calhoun's document supporting South Carolina of nullifying the Tariff of Abominations and protecting its ideals and interests. He said it was unconstitutional because it favored manufacturing over commerce in agriculture. Also he mentioned that if it wasn't repealed, that South Carolina will eventually secede from the Union.
South
- Unconstitutional
- Favored the North's manufacturing
- Lowered Income for Planters
- It raised the cost of living in the South
- no benefits
- Felt that it was an attempt for the abolition of slavery