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What did tariffs encourage Americans living in the north to do with regard to buying goods

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Tariffs encouraged Americans living in the north to buy domestic goods, that is, manufactured in the American territory, instead of buying imported goods, since these from tariffs had a higher cost for citizens, while American made goods were cheaper. This, in turn, encouraged American industrial production, which led to a process of productive substitution that allowed the United States to become the industrial power that it is today.

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