What started the Civil War? There’s
much debate on whether or not it was the Morrill Tariff. Or if it had something
to do with starting it. ‘What is the
Morrill Tariff?’ You may ask. Well in short, it was a law for protection.
It was passed in 1859 which made tariffs on the South spike from 15% to almost
50%. Tariffs are taxes, or a duty that has to be paid on a certain class of
imports or exports. When the Morrill Tariff was signed into law, it only took
one month to start taking effect. Other than setting tariff rates, the bill
also limited the Warehousing Act of 1846.
The
Warehousing Act of 1846 was a law that just let traders and suppliers to
warehouse their imported goods into the
United States, which initially allowed the tariff payments on those goods to be
delayed until the buyer was actually found. The Morrill Tariff was passed
before the Civil War was even expected, and passed through the Senate with
almost no changes.
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