Teacher's Notes

Theme:
Tariffs have been used both as a source of revenue and as protection for industry.

Sub-theme:
The tariff issue of 1824 illustrated the sectional divisions United States.

Concepts:

• protective tariff
• revenue tariff
• sectionalism
• imports and exports
• abuses and usurpations
• dumping

Performance objectives -- this lesson focuses on developing skills at:

• Comparing opposing views on the need for tariffs
• Interviewing people with opposing views
• Analyzing a chart of United States tariff rates

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