History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1378 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Tariff of 1832
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The idea
Jackson pressed for lower rates, and the eighteen thirty-two tariff lowered the rates on some products to calm southern opposition.
In practice
A federal concession offered before any state had formally acted.
Where people slip
It failed to resolve the crisis, which indicates the real grievance was never the rate itself.
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