Morrill Tariff - Wikipedia
The Morrill Tariff was an increased import tariff in the United States that was adopted on March 2, 1861, during the administration of US President James Buchanan, a Democrat.
Morrill Tariff the Real Cause of the Civil War? - ThoughtCo
2019年1月18日 · Over the years, some people have claimed the real cause of the American Civil War was a generally forgotten law passed in early 1861, the Morrill Tariff. This law, which taxed imports to the United States, was said to be so unfair to southern states that it caused them to secede from the Union.
True causes of the Uncivil War: Understanding the Morrill Tariff
2018年11月10日 · It was the Morrill Tariff that stirred the smoldering embers of regional mistrust and ignited the fires of Secession in the South. This precipitated a Northern reaction and call to arms that would engulf the nation in the flames of war for four years.
The Morrill Tariff - AHA
The repeal of the Morrill tariff has been suggested in many quarters, and there is much in its favor, but also something in opposition to its policy, or rather to its success.
The Morrill Tariff of 1861: The - Metropolis.Café
2011年3月2日 · The passage and promised enforcement of the Morrill Tariff made it clear that the Union was concerned only with Northern interests and that the South was nothing more to the United States government than a tool to be used in promoting those Northern interests, and the whole world knew it.
History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia
The Morrill Tariff took effect a few weeks before the war began on April 12, 1861, and was not collected in the South. The Confederate States of America (CSA) passed its own tariff of about 15% on most items, including many items that previously were duty-free from the North.
Tariffs and the American Civil War
The last great antebellum tariff battle, the Morrill Tariff of 1861, concluded only two days before the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, and largely defined the dimensions of American international trade policy for the next fifty years.
Justin Morrill, Vermonter, Raises U.S. Tariffs in 1861
Morrill had shepherded through Congress a tariff protecting U.S. industry and raising workers’ wages. It also punished southern cotton exporters and British textile manufacturers that hungered for raw cotton.
Morrill Tariff - U-S-History.com
The secession of the South prompted many tariff opposing members of Congress to resign and created the opportunity for a higher Tariff. The Morrill Tariff of 1861, named after its sponsor Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont, was passed in the waning days …
Justin S. Morrill | U.S. Senator, Tariff Act, Land-Grant Colleges ...
Justin S. Morrill was a U.S. Republican legislator who established a record for longevity by serving 43 years in both houses of the Congress; his name is particularly associated with the first high protective tariff and with federal support of land-grant colleges.