Tariff of 1828: Media
United States
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How a tax increase helped spark the American Civil War
In 1828 the U.S. Congress passed a tariff that increased the rates on imports into...
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What Are Tariffs and How Do They Work?
Export and import duties marked each phase of the U.S.–China standoff.
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anti-tariff cartoon
Anti-tariff cartoon from the late 1880s that argues that the “inevitable result”...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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