Why did congress pass the tariff of 1816? a. to force the british to pay higher prices for goods manufactured in america b. to protect american factory owners against competition from british manufacturers c. to encourage british trade with farmers and plantation owners in the south d. to southern farmers buy american goods at the lowest possible prices

The correct answer is B) to protect American factory owners against competition from British manufacturers.

Congress passed the Tariff of 1816 to protect American factory owners against competition from British manufacturers.

Henry Clay and James Madison created the American system, an idea to help American factory owners from British competition. After the war of 1812, British companies had large stockpiles of iron and textile products. So they could offer lower prices than American companies and people preferred to buy British products at better prices. This was not good for American companies. Enters Madison plan. The Tariff of 1816 increased British goods to protect the American industry.

i thing that the best option is a.they feared it would cause a second economic collapse.

one of the most negatives aspects of the new deal was that it upset the balanced federal budget and led to a huge deficit for the nation while at the same time failed to end increasing unemployment. roosevelt's program, based on keynesian theories of economics, called for massive government spending to stimulate the economy. as he   failed to do this with large tax increases; large sums of money were borrowed to fund new deal programs. when the economy showed some improvement, roosevelt was concerned about inflation, and ordered cuts in government spending. unfortunately, he did so at a time when the new social security tax had cut people's disposable income. businesses were too afraid of spending, and the economy in 1937 was in worse shape than in 1929. at the end of that year, two million people were unemployed.