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The Tariff of 1857 was a major tax reduction in the United States that amended the Walker Tariff of 1846 by lowering rates to between 15% and 24%. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Tariff of 1857 was developed in response to a federal budget surplus in the mid-1850s. [ 2 ]
The Tariff of 1842 returned the tariff to the level of 1832, with duties averaging between 23% and 35%. The Walker Tariff of 1846 essentially focused on revenue and reversed the trend of substituting specific for ad valorem duties. The Tariff of 1857 reduced the tariff to a general level of 20%, the lowest rate since 1830, and expanded the free ...
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This is a list of United States tariff laws. 1789: Tariff of 1789 (Hamilton Tariff) 1790: Tariff of 1790; 1791: Tariff of 1791; 1792: Tariff of 1792; 1816: Tariff of 1816; 1824: Tariff of 1824; 1828: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) 1832: Tariff of 1832; 1833: Tariff of 1833; 1842: Tariff of 1842; 1846: Walker tariff; 1857: Tariff of ...
The high tariff advocates lost in 1857, but stepped up their campaign by blaming the economic recession of 1857 on the lower rates. Economist Henry Charles Carey of Philadelphia was the most outspoken advocate, along with Horace Greeley and his influential newspaper, the New-York Tribune .
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The import tariff, enacted in May 1861, was set at 12.5% and it roughly matched in coverage the previously existing Federal tariff, the Tariff of 1857. [11] Between February 17 and May 1 of 1861, 65% of all government revenue was raised from the import tariff.