Examples of tariff in the following topics:
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- The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff, was an act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law on October 1, 1890.
- Lawmakers immediately started drafting new tariff legislation.
- Cleveland's opinion on the tariff was that of most Democrats: the tariff ought to be reduced.
- American tariffs had been high since the Civil War, and by the 1880s the tariff brought in so much revenue that the government was running a surplus.
- The bill proposed moderate downward revisions in the tariff, especially on raw materials.
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- The Tariff Act of 1789 provided the first national source of revenue for the United States.
- The Tariff Act taxed all imports at rates from 5 to 15 percent.
- The culmination came with the Tariff of 1828, ridiculed by free traders as the "Tariff of Abominations," with import custom duties averaging more than 25 percent.
- Calhoun strongly opposed the tariff and urged nullification of the tariff within South Carolina.
- On July 14, 1832, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Tariff of 1832, which made some reductions in tariff rates.
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- In 1908 Republicans promised to lower unpopular tariffs on U.S. imports, but the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act further divided Republicans.
- Senator Payne proposed a bill that lowered the tariff on many imported goods.
- In the end, Congress adopted the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which lowered 650 tariffs, raised 220 tariffs, and left 1,150 tariffs untouched.
- Although the Payne-Aldrich Act did very little to the current status of tariffs, it angered many Democrats, Progressives, and progressive Republicans because it did not solve the tariff issue.
- Describe the role of tariffs in mid- and late-19th century politics
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- The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.
- The Tariff marked the high point of US tariffs.
- It was approached, but not exceeded, by the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
- The first protective tariff was passed by Congress in 1816; its tariff rates were increased in 1824.
- Representatives in the New England states to vote for the tariff increase (House Vote on Tariff of 1828).
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- The United States Revenue Act of 1913 re-imposed the federal income tax, and lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%.
- The United States Revenue Act of 1913 (also known as the Tariff Act, Underwood Tariff or Underwood-Simmons Act) re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment.
- Additionally, it lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%, well below the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909.
- In April 1913, President Wilson summoned a special joint session of Congress in order to confront the perennial tariff question.
- The 1913 Act established the lowest rates since the Walker Tariff of 1857.
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- The controversial and highly protective Tariff of 1828 (known to its detractors as the "Tariff of Abominations") was enacted into law during the previous presidency of John Quincy Adams.
- The South and parts of New England opposed the tariff and expected that the election of Andrew Jackson as president would result in the tariff being significantly reduced.
- As such, the tariff was labeled the "Tariff of Abominations" by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum economy in the South.
- By 1828, South Carolina state politics increasingly organized around the tariff issue.
- This compromise tariff received the support of most Northerners and half of the Southerners in Congress.
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- During his first term as President, Wilson focused on three types of reform: Tariff Reform, Banking Reform, and Business Reform.
- Wilson's tariff reform was largely achieved through the passage of the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913.
- This act lowered tariffs for the first time since the American Civil War, despite the protectionist lobby.
- The 1913 Act established the lowest rates since the Walker Tariff of 1857.
- In addition to the Underwood tariff, which seemed to finally resolve the political debate over tariff rates, and the creation of the Federal Reserve, Wilson also supported anti-trust legislation.
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- The Tariff of 1828,enacted by President John Quincy Adams ,was a protective tariff designed to help industries in northern United States which were being driven out of business by low-priced, imported goods by putting a tax on these goods.
- It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors, because of the effects it had on the antebellum southern economy.
- Soon, a naval flotilla was sent to Charleston harbor, and the threat of landing ground troops was used to compel the collection of tariffs.
- A compromise was reached by which the tariffs would be gradually reduced, but the underlying argument over states' rights continued to escalate in the following decades.
- The Tariff of 1828 was enacted by President John Quincy Adams.
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- The American System advocated a strong federal government and a program of internal improvements, protective tariffs, and a central bank.
- The American System envisioned the development of a system of internal improvementswhich would knit the nation together and be financed by tariffs and land sales revenues.
- In order to protect the nation's business from foreign competition, advocates of the American System also supported protective tariffs.
- Tariffs were popular in the manufacturing North, but much less so in the agricultural South, as the southern economy was more dependent on imports and exports.
- High tariffs were maintained in the United States between 1816 and 1832.
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- Tariff policy was the principal issue in the election.
- Harrison took the side of industrialists and factory workers who wanted to keep tariffs high, while Cleveland strenuously denounced high tariffs as unfair to consumers.