One of the main arguments between the North and the South prior to the Civil War was tariffs. Tariffs were taxes people had to p
ay. The federal government put tariffs on goods brought to this country from foreign countries. Southerners felt these tariffs were unfair because their economy relied on foreign goods, so they had to pay more than Northerners did. Southerners believed that these tariffs violated the Declaration of Independence. their states' rights. the Civil Rights Act of 1866. the First Amendment.
A major point of contention between Southern States and Northern States prior to the Civil War was the issue of states rights to determine their own policies in regards to many issues. One of these issues was the issue over tariff's in regards to imported goods. Therefore, southerns would believe that these tariffs violated their state's rights to determine economic policy for themselves.
Southerners believed that these tariffs violated the state's rights.
We are specifically talking about the Tariffs of 1828, that US Congress passed because this piece of legislation helped to solidify the industry in the Northern states. The problem was that southerners depended so much on slavey and imports from Europe, so they called this legislation "Tariff of Abominations." US President Andrew Jackson signed into law this legislation that put high taxes to imports that were from 40 to 45% South Carolina was one of the southern states that strongly opposed to the implementation of those tariffs.
