Question

On the tariff issue, ____________ supported high protective tariffs; on the money question, ____________ sought the inflationary consequences of silver coinage or silver-backed currency.

Answer 1

Republicans, farmers and other debtors is the right answer.

Republican Congress during the time of Civil War enacted high tariffs to defend the industries of the nation and to collect the fund for the Union ministry.  The tariffs also generated other countries to counter by placing taxes of their own on the farm products of the United States. This resulted in the loose of share in the overseas market for the farmers.