During the antebellum period U.S. tariffs on imported cotton textiles

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During the antebellum period, U.S. tariffs on imported cotton textiles were designed to protect the burgeoning American textile industry from British competition. These tariffs would have made British textiles more expensive in the U.S., potentially decreasing British profits, increasing the prices of cotton textiles in the U.S., and being supported by northern states with a vested interest in protecting domestic manufacturing. Southern states, which produced the raw cotton, generally opposed high tariffs because they made imported goods more expensive and could lead to retaliatory tariffs on cotton exports. Therefore, none of the provided options accurately describes the impact of antebellum tariffs on imported cotton textiles.

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