The region of the U.S.that benefited least from and fought hardest against raising tariffs in the first half of the nineteenth century was

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The South benefited least from and fought hardest against raising tariffs in the first half of the nineteenth century because they had an agricultural-based economy and relied heavily on exports, particularly cotton, which was subject to high tariffs in foreign markets. The protective tariffs imposed by the federal government in the 1820s and 1830s hurt the Southern economy by increasing the cost of imported goods, and reducing the demand for Southern exports, leading to a decline in agricultural prices. As a result, the South argued for free trade and often advocated for nullification of the tariff laws.

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