Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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.
In 1816, Congress created the first permanent committees for the Senate. They created 12 legislative committees in December of 1816.
Tallmadge Amendment
Taxing Imports
The protective Tariff of 1816 is also known as the Dallas Tariff. It is noteworthy because it marks the first time that congress passed a tariff to protect American manufacturers instead of just to raise money.
~1816~ i read it from the history book called: United States History (in christian perspective) Heritage of Freedom (third edition) =)
you got this off a school assignment, the assignment did state all the sentences were incorrect... how the statement should be writen is: In 1816 congress passed a tariff on foreign goods to protect american goods from competition and allow the nation to make money.
It was a tariff that Congress wanted to pass for high tariffs to protect American industries.
to protect prices on american goods
1816
The Americans that benefited the most from the Tariff of 1816 were the manufacturers. The western and northern states, having a strong industrial base, strongly supported the tariff.
It was Alexander Hamilton who urged Congress to pass a protective tariff to encourage the growth of manufacturing. Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Daniel Webster
A tariff that wasn't even meant to pass congress. It stipulated a ridiculously high import tariff, and the foreign economic response mainly affected the Southern States.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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.