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  2. Morrill Tariff - Wikipedia

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    The Morrill Tariff was an increased import tariff in the United States that was adopted on March 2, 1861, during the administration of US President James Buchanan, a Democrat. It was the twelfth of the seventeen planks in the platform of the incoming Republican Party , which had not yet been inaugurated, and the tariff appealed to ...

  3. History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Morrill Tariff took effect a few weeks before the war began on April 12, 1861, and was not collected in the South. The Confederate States of America (CSA) passed its own tariff of about 15% on most items, including many items that previously were duty-free from the North. Previously tariffs between states were prohibited.

  4. United States Senate Committee on the Tariff Regulation

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    In early 1860 the Morrill Tariff passed in the House, not only raising tariff rates but replacing Polk's ad valorem system with the reintroduction of a specific duties-based system. With southern delegations of seceding states no longer in Congress to block the measure, the Morrill Tariff was signed into law by President James Buchanan in March ...

  5. The Tariff History Donald Trump Is Overlooking - AOL

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    Why the U.S. turned against the regressive 19th century tariffs favored by former president Donald Trump.

  6. The second kind of tariff, which Lutnick said would be “ordinary tariffs,” could be executed after a study on the macroeconomic effects of levying import taxes on America’s neighbors.

  7. The History That Exposes the Flaw in Trump's Tariff Logic - AOL

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    Tariff fights can backfire, because the government can't easily shape the preferences of American consumers.

  8. Justin S. Morrill - Wikipedia

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    The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff law adopted on March 2, 1861. Passed after anti-tariff southerners had left Congress during the process of secession, Morrill designed it with the advice of Pennsylvania economist Henry C. Carey. [13] It was one of the last acts signed into law by James Buchanan, and replaced the Tariff of 1857 ...

  9. Trump is rolling out tariff proposals. How does Congress fit ...

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    The incoming president's recent comments could result in a challenging four-year trade war, similar to his first term, which saw tariffs of 7.5%-25% and disruption of global supply chains.