Select the correct answer. Which best explains why the North advocated for high protective tariffs in the first half of the 19th century?
OA
Tariffs kept the costs of the raw materials the Northern factories used for manufacturing down.
OB.
Tariffs increased the price Southerners had to pay for manufactured goods.
Ос. Tariffs enabled the North's manufacturers to compete with foreign manullctured goods.
OD. Tariffs made it more expensive for Southern planters to own enslaved people.
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с. Tariffs enabled the North's manufacturers to compete with foreign manufactured goods.

Explanation:

The North was where most of American industry was in the first half of the 19th century but they were not always efficient as the Europeans in the production of certain manufactured goods. This meant that when European made goods arrived in the U.S., they were sold for cheaper prices than the North's.

The North therefore welcomed tariffs which increased the price of European goods thereby making American goods appear cheaper in relation. This enabled the North to compete better with these foreign producers.

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

i think it would be a