The Tariff of Abominations angered southerners because
a. it directly questioned whether slavery was constitutional.
b. the South paid as much as the North and West but did not get the same economic benefits.
c. it was passed by northern congressmen over President Jackson's veto.
d. Britain retaliated by taxing imported cotton.
B
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