How did protective tariffs benefit American manufacturers in the early-1800s?

ASoutherners and Northerners were both getting equally richer.
BU.S. manufacturers could not compete with British manufacturers.
CAmerican-made goods were less expensive than similar imported goods.
DChinese-made goods were much more expensive than similar imported goods.

Verified Answer :

a tariff is a tax on imported goods, so the answer would be C.

Protective tariffs benefited American manufacturers in the early-1800s since American-made goods were less expensive than similar imported goods. Option C is correct.

Protective tariffs are enacted seeking to protect a domestic industry. Thus, they make imported goods cost more than the same goods produced domestically, so that sales of good produced in the own country rise; supporting local industry.