Why were southerners opposed to tariffs?

Answer 1

Almost all tariffs, from the beginning of American government to the Gilded Age and even beyond, were opposed by the South. Tariffs helped Northern manufacturing but increased the prices of manufactured goods for Southern farmers.

Answer 2

The Southerners' main dislike of tariffs was that they really didnâ??t get anything out of them. Since tariffs mainly benefited the manufacturing North, they only served to drive up import costs for the South, causing them to spend more for needed products. So in essence, they paid a penalty to increase the profits of the North.

Answer 3

Tariffs on imports affected the South because they had few manufacturers and had to import most of their goods. The tarriffs increased the price of goods imported from Europe to make them more like the prices of goods from the Northern United States. Thus tariffs protected the Northern manufacturers at the expense of the Southern consumers.

Answer 4

because if they bought from the north they would have to pay more for the europe goods

Answer 5

Because the south had nothing for people to buy, because what they had made they needed.

Answer 6

because the price of everything will be high

Answer 7

because they didnt have much foregin trading there and believed they favored the north

Answer 8

Because they were farmers who were already poor and didn't want to compete with the foreign countries and the new high prices the North was establishing

Answer 9

the tariffs did not benfit trade in southern cities.