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The tariff of 1857 lowered considerably the Walker Tariff of 1846 to an average of 17%. It lasted for three years until it was raised by the Morrill Tariff of 1861.

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Sharp economic decline that increased northern demands for a high tariff and convinced southerners that the North was economically vulnerable?

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