6 sentences with 'tariff'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tariff and other words derived from it.
• « Congress passed its first major piece of legislation by imposing a tariff on imports under the Tariff Act of 1789. »
• « Congress had passed a tariff in 1789, for example, and Alexander Hamilton had proposed a protective tariff in 1790. »
• « President Adams wanted to promote manufacturing, especially in his home region of New England. To this end, in 1828 he proposed a high tariff on imported goods, amounting to 50 per cent of their value. »
• « The tariff raised questions about how power should be distributed, sparking a heated debate between those who supported states' rights and those who supported expanding the power of the federal government. »
• « Powerful Southerners like the Southerner John C. Calhoun singled out laws like the Tariff of 1828 as evidence of the North's desire to destroy the Southern economy and, by extension, its culture. The tariff, he and others concluded, would disproportionately harm the South, which relied heavily on imports, and benefit the North, which would receive protections for its manufacturing centres. »
• « The tariff seemed to open the door to other federal initiatives, including the abolition of slavery. Because of this perceived threat to Southern society, Calhoun argued that states could override federal laws. This belief illustrated the importance of the states' rights argument for southern states. It also showed the willingness of slaveholders to unite against the federal government when they believed it was acting unjustly against their interests. »