Incentives matter and different groups of producers,consumers and politicians will support those policies that promise to advance those projects most advantageous to them.Which statement about opposition to or support for U.S.tariff policy during the antebellum period is correct?

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Producers in the South, particularly those in the agricultural sector, were generally opposed to high tariffs as it would increase the cost of imported goods that they needed for their own production. Plantation owners may have supported tariffs if it protected their specific crop, but they were not united in their support. Politicians may have supported tariffs for various reasons, but protecting jobs abroad would not have been one of them as they typically aimed to protect domestic jobs.

Incentives Matter and Different Groups of Producers,consumers and Politicians Will