Question

Which best explains why the North advocated for high protective tariffs in the first half of the 19th century?
A.
Tariffs kept the costs of the raw materials the Northern factories used for manufacturing down.
B.
Tariffs increased the price Southerners had to pay for manufactured goods.
C.
Tariffs enabled the North’s manufacturers to compete with foreign manufactured goods.
D.
Tariffs made it more expensive for Southern planters to own slaves.

Answer 1

Tariffs are taxes placed on goods. The North was becoming a manufacturing hub, but rather than pay the North exorbitant prices for their goods the South was just buying them from foreign countries. The North then imposed a tariff on these goods to make them more expensive than the goods the North was providing. From this what do you think the answer is?

Answer 2

b?

Answer 3

No, but close. If foreign countries can provide cheaper goods how does the Northern manufactures stay in business?

Answer 4

uhhh idk

Answer 5

They put tariffs on foreign products.

Answer 6

so its a?

Answer 7

Think about the answer. If the North put tariffs on foreign goods what does that mean. We know that tariffs are taxes placed on goods and we know that the South was buying foreign goods rather than Northern so how are these things related?

Answer 8

omg its c!! bc they were competing

Answer 9

Exactly! They had to compete with foreign goods so they put tariffs on them!

Answer 10

ahhh thank u sm

Answer 11

Not a problem! Let me know if you have any more history questions.

Answer 12

i do lol ill post it in a sec