Complex sentence: The level of tariffs had been increasing in the United States since the passage of a general administrative tariff act.NOrtheners love tariifs where as southeners hated them and called them unconstitutional.
Split into simpler sentences: The level of tariffs had been increasing in the United States since the passage of a general administrative tariff act. Northerners loved tariffs where as Southerners hated them and called them unconstitutional.