Tariffs in American politics have been the source of periodic upheavals but lingering uncertainty.
The "Tariff of Abominations" nearly sparked the U.S. Civil War three decades early. And the "Great Tariff Debate of 1888" was a sharp partisan political battle over a strange crisis — too much revenue flowing into the federal government.
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Craig Myers ✉
Craig Myers was a reporter and editor for newspapers in Alabama and Florida for more than 25 years. A graduate of Troy University, he earned a master's degree in International Affairs from Middle Tennessee State University, where he works full-time and teaches journalism part-time.