Quote Originally Posted by Azar
Quote Originally Posted by The Redneck
Andrew Jackson, whose "Tariff of Abominations" nearly started the Civil War 30 years early.
This wasn't passed by Jackson at all.
1. In 1824, Congress had increased the general tariff from 23% to 37%, but wool manufactures still wanted higher tariffs.
2. In the Tariff of 1828, the Jacksonians schemed to drive up duties to as high as 45% while imposing heavy tariffs on raw materials like wool, so that even New England, where it was needed, would vote the bill down and give Adams another political black eye.
a. However, the New Englanders spoiled the plan and passed the law (amended).
Jackson still was the one who schemed to have the Tariff of Abominations passed in order to lower Adams in the eyes of his party, and Jackson won the next election on the basis that he promised to repeal the Tariff, and didn't. He then went on to ignore Supreme Court orders, illegally remove the Georgian Indians, and a whole bunch of other things that I can't remember off the top of my head.