In that region, it was termed the “Tariff of Abominations” and directly led to the Nullification Crisis of 1832, which planted the seed for secession and civil war a generation later.

From 1861 to 1890s, high tariffs dominated as the source of federal government revenue under Republican-led protectionism ...

Southern firebreathers denounced the Tariff Act of 1828 as the “Tariff of Abominations.” Vice President John C. Calhoun, South Carolina’s most famous son, published an anonymous tract called ...