Tariff of 1833
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The Tariff of 1833 was a compromise measure engineered by Henry Clay to gradually reduce high protective tariffs and defuse the Nullification Crisis between the federal government and South Carolina.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
compromise tariff ⓘ |
| aimedToAddress | Southern opposition to high tariffs ⓘ |
| aimedToPreserve | Union of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Clay’s Compromise Tariff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Compromise Tariff of 1833 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | imported goods ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Henry Clay’s role as the Great Compromiser ⓘ |
| causeOf | de-escalation of the Nullification Crisis ⓘ |
| chronology | enacted after South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification ⓘ |
| compromiseBetween |
State of South Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compromiseEngineeredBy | Henry Clay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
eventual reduction of many duties to about 20 percent
ⓘ
gradual reduction of tariff rates over a period of years ⓘ |
| coSponsoredBy | John C. Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effectiveDate | 1833 ⓘ |
| followedBy | later 19th-century U.S. tariff acts ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Jacksonian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | to remove the basis for South Carolina’s nullification ordinance ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Henry Clay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalForm | tariff statute ⓘ |
| legalStatus | repealed or superseded ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| locationOfEnactment | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
to defuse the Nullification Crisis
ⓘ
to provide a gradual schedule of tariff reductions ⓘ to reduce high protective tariffs ⓘ |
| negotiatedWith | John C. Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some protectionist interests in the North ⓘ |
| policyArea |
customs duties
ⓘ
federal–state relations ⓘ trade policy ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Tariff of 1828
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tariff of 1832 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Nullification Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
states’ rights doctrine ⓘ |
| signedBy | Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
helped avert armed conflict between South Carolina and the federal government
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major step in the evolution of U.S. tariff policy ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1833 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | United States constitutional and political history scholarship ⓘ |
| supportedBy | many Southern politicians ⓘ |
| timeHorizonOfReductions | approximately ten years ⓘ |
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