The People Who Proposed the Exceptionally High Rates of the Tariff

question 18

Multiple Choice

The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were

• A) supporters of John Quincy Adams who wanted to protect New England manufacturers.
• B) abolitionists who saw it as the opening wedge for the use of federal power against slavery.
• C) ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson who actually hoped it would be defeated.
• D) supporters of Henry Clay's American System.
• E) southern plantation owners who wanted to prevent dumping of Egyptian cotton in America.

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