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The tariff of 1816 was the first tariff passed in the United States. It was proposed by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas to help American manufacturers. It was approved in 1816 and was to last only until 1820. Southern states opposed it because they sold their cotton in Great Britain.
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What was the first protective tariff in American history?
Tallmadge Amendment
The tariff of 1816 nurtured American manufacturers by doing what?
Taxing Imports
Which act placed a 25 percent duty on most imported factory goods?
Tariff of 1816
How did the tariff act of 1816 impact history?
It helped to protect American manufacturing after the War of 1812.
Who benefited most from Tariff of 1816?
America really benefitted in the end because of the Tariff of 1816. Since the tariff raised the price of British goods, our American products were cheaper, making our products the more popular buy. Americans started to buy America made products instead of foreign nations goods, who receive the profit. Our country's nationalism grew becasue of this.
