The People Who Proposed the Exceptionally High Rates of the Tariff

Multiple Choice

The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were

A) supporters of John Quincy Adams who wanted to protect New England manufacturers.
B) abolitionists who saw it as the opening wedge for the use of federal power against slavery.
C) ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson who actually hoped it would be defeated.
D) supporters of Henry Clay's American System.
E) southern plantation owners who wanted to prevent dumping of Egyptian cotton in America.