history, the Tariff of 1883 (signed into law on March 3, 1883), also known as the Mongrel Tariff Act by its critics, reduced high tariff rates only marginally...

1857: Tariff of 1857 1861: Morrill Tariff 1872: Tariff of 1872 1875: Tariff of 1875 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff) 1890: McKinley Tariff 1894:...

enforced the Immigration Act of 1882 to impose more restrictions on immigrants and the Tariff of 1883 to attempt to reduce tariffs. Arthur signed into law...

Tariffs have historically served a key role in the trade policy of the United States. Their purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government...

Tariff Act can refer to the following: United States Hamilton tariff (1789) Morrill Tariff (1861) Tariff of 1883 McKinley Tariff (1890) Wilson–Gorman Tariff...

January 16, 1883. The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage...

1880), known as Nell Arthur, was the wife of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died of pneumonia in January 1880; her husband...

of the Tariff of 1883 on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically speaking, a tomato is a fruit. Before the advent of agriculture...

The Tariff of 1828 was a very high protective tariff that became law in the United States in May 1828. It was a bill designed to fail in Congress because...

subsequent decades. Facing a budget surplus, Arthur signed the Tariff of 1883, which reduced tariffs. He also vetoed the Rivers and Harbors Act, an act that...