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Why did South Carolina oppose the Tariff of 1828?

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Southern states such as South Carolina contended that the tariff was unconstitutional and were opposed to the newer protectionist tariffs, but Western agricultural states favored them as well as New England's industries.
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It benefited Northern manufactures, hurt Southern farmers

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