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Let \(\pi\) be an irreducible, tame supercuspidal representation of \(GL(n)\) over a \(p\)-adic field and \(H\) a unitary group in \(n\) variables contained in \(GL(n)\). This paper analyzes the space \(\Hom_H(\pi,1)\) consisting of all linear forms \(\Lambda\) on \(V_\pi\) such that \(\Lambda(\pi(h) v) = \Lambda(v)\), for all \(h \in H\) and \(v \in V_\pi\). The authors show that this space of linear forms has dimension at most one, as conjectured by Jacquet. The representation \(\pi\) is called \(H\)-distinguished if \(\Hom_H(\pi,1)\) is nonzero. The authors characterize \(H\)-distinguished representations in several ways, for example, as the irreducible, tame supercuspidal representations which are quadratic base change lifts. This was conjectured by \textit{H. Jacquet} and \textit{Y. Ye} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 348, 913-939 (1996; Zbl 0861.11033); C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 311, 671-676 (1990; Zbl 0715.11026)] for quasisplit unitary groups and also proved, under different assumptions, by \textit{D. Prasad} [Duke Math. J. 109, 67-78 (2001; Zbl 1019.22008)]. Another objective of this paper is to describe \(H\)-distinguished tame supercuspidal representations in terms of the inducing data in Howe's construction.