Ameliorate the Tariff of Abominations

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentences below, in red. There are two missing commas and two sentences. The suggested correction is at the bottom of the page.

The "Tariff of Abominations" was a tariff designed to protect industry in the northern United States and was passed by Congress on May 19 1828 labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors the tariff was viewed as a threat to the antebellum Southern economy.

John C. Calhoun was the leading voice in attacking the Tariff of Abominations.

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Suggested Correction: 
The "Tariff of Abominations" was a tariff designed to protect industry in the northern United States and was passed by Congress on May 19, 1828. Labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors, the tariff was viewed as a threat to the antebellum Southern economy.