Southerners nicknamed this tariff the tariff of

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Lydia Fields

30 June, 08:01

Southerners nicknamed this tariff the tariff of

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Bridger Benitez · Answer 1

The "Tariff of Abominations" 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. Enacted during the presidency of John Quincy Adams, it was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.

Avery Montgomery · Answer 2

Southerners called the tariff of 1828 the tariff of abominations