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Glossary Term – Event
Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
Later called the Tariff of Abominations, the Tariff of 1828 increased the tax on imported manufactured goods. The law economically benefitted the North—New England in particular favored high tariffs—and injured the South, which believed that the tariff was unconstitutional.
Glossary Term – Event
Tariff of 1833
President Andrew Jackson signed Henry Clay’s compromise Tariff of 1833, which reduced duties on imported goods, and the Force Act, which authorized the use of military force to enforce the federal tariff.