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War Of 1812 Dbq

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The War of 1812 made the United States realize that they needed more industrial business because they had lost their trade relation with Great Britain. Their industrial business was centered more around the North and less in the South. At the end of the war, their trade relation got better, but the Government put tariffs on imported goods. Before the war, tariffs were at 7%, but it changed to more than 20% in 1816. The Tariff of 1824 barely passed the House of Representatives, but there was a tiny margin for it to slip through. While the North supported this tariff, while the South strongly opposed the tariff, because it benefited the North and the South didn't get any benefit at all. The tariff had raised to as high as 45% on certain goods

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