Question

According to your textbook, all of the following were characteristics of the Old South except:

Answer 1

Answer:

C. a preference for high tariffs.

Explanation:

Southern states complained about high tariffs imposed by the federal government, because they had to pay for them in the form of elevated prices of Northern industrial goods. The elevated tariffs protected the North´s industrial products from foreign competition. The agricultural South also paid a lot of money for shipping services.