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4 pages in length. America's growing pains were more than apparent in the early eighteen hundreds when the subject of taxing imports became a defining moment in United States history. The Tariff of 1828 sought to keep British wool products from undercutting the New England textile market, a reality that caused American manufacturers to seek help from Congress to respond to such economic inequity. However, in order for such a tariff to be put into operation, duties for importing certain raw materials would also have to be raised, which was not something the New Englanders would agree to and ultimately caused outright opposition to such protectionism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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wool products from undercutting the New England textile market, a reality that caused American manufacturers to seek help from Congress to respond to such economic inequity. However, in order
for such a tariff to be put into operation, duties for importing certain raw materials would also have to be raised, which was not something the New Englanders would agree
to and ultimately caused outright opposition to such protectionism. John Quincy Adams believed he was placed in a no-win situation when
he signed the tariff measure, which came to be known as the Tariff of Abominations, being that he did not support its passage. Signing the measure surely meant an
end to any hopes he may have had for being re-elected into office, however, he had no other alternative but to pass the tariff. Perhaps vetoing was the most
appropriate solution, but such drastic measures were reserved "only for matters of dubious constitutionality" (Anonymous, 2000). From an entirely different political perspective, the tariff was drafted with the primary
objective of presenting President Jackson in the dual role of Southern free trade supporter and Northern protectionist. Great concern soon traveled throughout the American industry as prices rose and the
British began making noises about getting cotton from other markets. Success had come at a terrible cost to local producers who envisioned their entire livelihoods slipping out from under
them because of how the tariff was causing consternation in one of the countrys biggest purchasers. This changing face of the United States
throughout the industrial and post-industrial eras appears to have called into question some of the fundamental assumptions of traditional American liberal ideology. Clearly, one can readily surmise that such
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