Nullification Crisis

Tariff of Abominations 1828

May 19, 1828

This law was passed to protect the northern states new industrial centers from competition from the more established manufacturing sectors of Europe. Examples of northern states were New England, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Hayne's Speech

Jan 21, 1830

Webster and the North treated it as binding the states together as a single union.

Webster's Reply

Jan 26, 1830

This is talking about how the states shouldn't have the power to nullify because he felt that the country should be together or in other words unified.

Proclamation to the people of South Carolina

Dec 10, 1832

This was when Jackson was saying he was going to use force against South Carolina because he was against the Ordinance of Nullification.

Compromise Tariff Act of 1833

Mar 2, 1833

This was meant to lower the price on imported industrial goods and to lower tariffs. This helped the worst of the economic hardship on the South

Ordinance of Nullification

Feb 1, 1883

This ordinance declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state borders of South Carolina.