which virtually annulled all the abominations of the tariff of 1828. This tariff was planned by John Quincy Adams, the leader of the Republican party at that time. All the tariffs after this were ...
Calhoun and South Carolina’s efforts to “nullify” the protective tariff of 1828. Congressmen jealously guarded the tariff schedule, especially if it protected industries in their districts.
Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. | Opinion ...