Tariffs

What is a tariff?

• A tax on exported goods

• An increase in the price of a good so the store owner makes money

• A tax on imported goods

• the cost of a good

Which word means "to bring a product into a country to be sold"?

• import

• export

• tariff

• embargo

Which word means to "send (goods or services) to another country for sale"

• import

• export

• tariff

• embargo

Someone who buys or uses products is a

• manufacturer

• producer

• consumer

• laborer

Northern states __________ tariffs.

• supported

• opposed

• created

• ignored

Most factories in the US were located in ____________________ states

• northern

• southern

• western

• poor

Southern states ____________ tariffs.

• supported

• opposed

• created

• praised

Why were tariffs created?

• To convince Great Britian to stop impressing U.S. sailors

• To improve trade between the United States and Great Britian.

• To encourage people in the United States to purchase American made goods.

• To help the cotton trade in the southern states.

The nullification crisis occurred when

• The Supreme Court declared the tariff laws unconstitutional

• Congress refused Jackson's request to cancel the tariff laws.

• South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.

• Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.

The federal government makes and enforces laws.

What type of issue is this?

• political

• economic

• social

• religious