For this activity, young scholars investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses and consumers during the 1880s by looking at a political cartoon, solving a short math problem, and comparing protectionism between time periods. They then generalize about the impact incentives have on encouraging special interest legislation in a democratic government.

Concepts

profit, revenue

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Additional Tags

protective tariff, protective vs revenue tariff, revenue tariff, ecedweb: how can big business make money from tariffs?, incentive, tariff, protective vs. revenue tariffs

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)