Question

Why did the Department of the Treasury impose tariffs?

A.) to force citizens to use the national bank

B.) to encourage citizens to buy foreign goods

C.) to get people to buy goods made in the United States

D.) to reduce the smuggling that had become popular in colonial times

Answer 1

C is the correct answer.

The Tariffs of 1789 were designed by the Treasury Department to do two things.

The first is that it was designed to get goods made in the US.

It was also designed to raise revenue via the tariffs on imported goods.