Nullification Crisis

By eijaht1235

  • Tariff of Abominations

    This was a protective tariffs that was enacted to protected growing businesses and industry development. This angered southern states, specifically South Carolina who believed this protective tariffs was only for the benefit of Northern states. It only led to the Northern states getting richer and the south poorer.

  • Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition

    Calhoun argued that states had the right to nullify laws if they believed them to be unconstitutional.

  • Webster Hayne's Debts

    Two senators has opposing views. Hayne's believes that states have the right to nullify laws if they find them to be unconstitutional. Webster believes that they do not have the right to do so. National v. Sectional

  • Readvised Tariff

    This was a bill that was passed by Congress and signed by Jackson to revise the Tariff of 1828. This lowered the import taxation to what they were in 1816. This was done in order to appease Southern grievances.

  • South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification

    This was an Ordinance that was adopted by the state of South Carolina in response to the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. Which declared them null and void within state borders. The state of South Carolina also passed laws to enforce the Ordinance, which included authorization of military force and appropriations of arms.

  • Proclamation to the People of South Carolina

    This was a response be Jackson to the South Carolina Nullification Ordinance. It stated that South Carolina stood on the brink of insurrection and treason. It appealed to the people to reassert their allegiance to the Union. If proved necessary force would be used to make South Carolina submit.

  • Force Act

    Congress gives Jackson power to use force to enforce the tariff. This is only if Jackson needs to use force to enforce federal law.

  • Compromise Tariff

    This was a tariffs bill proposed by Henry Clay. This tariff bill specified that all duties in excess of 20 percent of the value of the goods were to be reduced year by year, and that way by 1842 the tariff would be as low as the moderate Tarff of 1816