why did the south object to high tariffs
Tariff of Abominations Industries in the northern United States were being driven out of business by low-priced imported goods; the major goal of the tariff was to protect these industries by taxing those goods. The South, however, was harmed directly by having to pay higher prices on goods the region did not produce, and indirectly because reducing the exportation of British goods to the U.S. made it difficult for the British to pay for the cotton they imported from the South.[1] The reaction in the South, particularly in South Carolina, led to the Nullification Crisis.[2] The tariff marked the high point of U.S. tariffs in terms of average percent of value taxed,[3] though not resulting revenue as percent of GDP.[4]