THE STRUGGLE OVER PROTECTIONISM IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1850S
The article is devoted to the problem of the struggle of social groups and political parties around the protection’s question in the United States on the eve of the Civil War. The author analyzes the position of the Whig, Republican, and Democratic parties on customs and tariff policy in the 1850s. She highlights the role of the prominent economist Henry Carey in the victory of the protectionist course of the Republicans.