Nullification Crisis

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    Nullification Crisis

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    Tariff of 1824

    A protective tariff in the United States that targeted iron products, wool and cotton textiles, and agricultural goods to protect American industry
  • Tariff of 1828

    Protective tarrif to protect northern industry
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    South Carolina Exposition

    South Carolina Exposition was an essay explaining the South’s discontent with the Tariff of 1828.
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    Haynes' Counter Proclamation

    Governor Haynes claimed that a state, if oppressed by a law, can deem it unconstitutional and void. After Jackson started to round up troops to send to South Carolina, Haynes countered this by continuing to void the tariffs and laws
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    Tariff of 1832

    The Tariff of 1832 was a protectionist tariff in the US and reduced tariffs to help resolve the conflicts created by the tariff of 1828
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    Clay's Compromise

    Governor Haynes claimed that a state, if oppressed by a law, can deem it unconstitutional and void. After Jackson started to round up troops to send to South Carolina, Haynes countered this by continuing to void the tariffs and laws
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    Force Bill

    The Force Bill allowed Andrew Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
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    South Carolina Repeal of Nullification

    As part of Clay’s compromise, SC repealed some of their nullifications. They approved of the lowering of tariff rates. Even though this signaled the end of the nullification crisis, it showed that differences in the North and South were emerging - foreshadowing the Civil War.