Question

An argument of John C. Calhoun in support of nullification was that the 1828 tariff:

A) Punished the frontier West.
B) Provided little money for the federal government.
C) Helped the North at the expense of the South.
D) Angered foreign trading partners.

Answer 1

An argument of John C. Calhoun in support of nullification was that the 1828 tariff:

A) Punished the frontier West.

B) Provided little money for the federal government.

C) Helped the North at the expense of the South.

D) Angered foreign trading partners.

ANSWER C.

Answer 2

John Calhoun argued that the 1828 tariff helped the North at the expense of the South (c). This was the case because the tariff bolstered Northerner industrial markets but required Southerners to pay more for manufactured good.