Nullification Crisis

By hsal425
  • Tariff of Abominations

    To protect northern and western agricultural products from the competition with foreign imports. Which raised the tax on foreign goods.
  • South Carolina Exposition and Protest

    It was a protest against the Tariff of 1828( Tariff of Abominations). States had the right to nullify oppressive national legislation
  • Webster hayne debate

    This was a famous debate because they both argue. Webster argued that the American people had created the Union to promote the good of the whole. Hayne argued that the sovereign and independent states had created the Union to promote their particular interest
  • Jackson's Proclamation to the people of South Carolina

    Andrew Jackson's Proclamation was a response to the Ordinance of Nullification. He claimed that the Ordinance was unconstitutional. He believed it would disassemble the United States as a Union.
  • Ordinance of Nullification

    This proclaimed both tariffs null and void within the state and threatening to secede. The Tariffs of 1828 and of 1832 were unconstitutional.
  • Force Bill

    This law gave the president the power to use the military to enforce the collection of import duties if a state refused to comply with federal tariffs.
  • Compromise Tariff

    It was used as a way for the Nullification Crisis. It provided all tariff rates above 20% would be reduced by one tenth every two years.