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Congress is linked to the American Civil War because the secession of Southern states during the conflict altered the legislative body's composition, enabling the passage of the Morrill Tariff [1], [2]. Furthermore, the post-war political landscape involved the Republican Party using its control of Congress to implement policies that favored Northern industrialists [3].
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History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
perspectiveDouglas Irwin rejects the revisionist claim, often associated with the Lost Cause narrative, that the Morrill Tariff triggered the American Civil War, arguing instead that the tariff only passed because Southern states had already seceded and their representatives were no longer in Congress to oppose it.
perspectiveHistorian Howard K. Beale argued that high tariffs were retained after the American Civil War to benefit Northern industrialists, who utilized the Republican Party and Reconstruction policies to maintain political control of Congress and exclude low-tariff Southern whites from power.
New research examines the historical macroeconomic effects of ... equitablegrowth.org 1 fact
accountThe protectionist period of U.S. tariff history (1861–1933) began around the start of the U.S. Civil War, when the secession of 11 Southern states altered the political composition of Congress, allowing protectionist Republicans to pass the Morrill Tariff.