Which segment of the american population would have been most supportive of the tariff of 1828? a) the freedmen, who were hurt by high rates of unemployment due to the tariff. b) southerners who were forced to pay higher prices on goods the region did not produce c) western settlers who saw the threat that the tariff posed to their efforts at industrialization. d) northerners who would experience increased industrial growth because of a decrease in british imports.