Morrill Tariff Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf tariff legislation
gptkbp:amends Tariff of 1864
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:consequences increased prices
gptkbp:context gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:contributedTo industrial growth
gptkbp:controversy debate over tariffs
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:House_of_Representatives
Senate
gptkbp:economicActivity protectionism
gptkbp:economicImpact stimulated domestic production
affected trade
gptkbp:economy funding the war effort
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
Tariff of 1872
gptkbp:historicalContext pre-Civil War economic conditions
gptkbp:historicalPeriod tariff policy effectiveness
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first major tariff increase since 1857
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Morrill Tariff Act
gptkbp:impact increased tariffs
domestic manufacturing
gptkbp:influenced future tariff policies
subsequent tariff legislation
gptkbp:influencedBy economic theories of the time
previous tariffs
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Justin_Smith_Morrill
gptkbp:legacy tariff reform debates
gptkbp:legislation fiscal policy
part of economic policy
gptkbp:notableEvent Tariff of 1857
gptkbp:opposedBy southern states
free traders
gptkbp:partOf Civil War legislation
Civil War economic strategy
gptkbp:politicalRole shaped_Republican_platform
gptkbp:purpose increase revenue
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts
American_economic_history
gptkbp:replacedBy Tariff of 1862
gptkbp:revenue import duties
increased federal revenue
gptkbp:signature gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
May 2, 1861
gptkbp:supportedBy industrialists
northern manufacturers
gptkbp:targets imported goods
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1861