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tariff of abominations
The tariff of 1828 raised taxes on imported manufactures so as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing. -
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Calhoun, a former lawmaker from South Carolina then serving as vice president under Adams, anonymously wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828), in which he maintained that the government had exceeded its authority in passing the Tariff of Abominations -
Hayne-Webster Debate
It was motivated by a dispute over the continued sale of western lands, an important source of revenue for the federal government. While the debaters argued about slavery, the economy, protection tariffs, and western land, the real implication was the meaning of the United States Constitution. -
The Tariff of 1832
The tariff of 1832 was a protectionist tariff that reduced the tariffs created earlier in an attempt to resolve conflicts that happened with the tariff of 1828. -
Jackson's Proclamation Against Nullification
On December 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson issued a Proclamation to the People of South Carolina (also known as the “Nullification Proclamation”) that disputed a states' right to nullify a federal law -
The Ordinance of Nullification
it made both the tariffs unvalid -
The Force Bill
authorized the use of military force against any state that resisted the tariff acts -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
Congress passed the new negotiated tariff satisfactory to South Carolina. The South Carolina convention reconvened and repealed its tariff Nullification Ordinance on March 11, 1833. “In a purely symbolic gesture,” it then nullified the Force Bill. The crisis was over, and both sides could find reasons to claim victory. -
Compromise Tariff of 1833
reduce the other tariffs