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Tariff of Abominations
A tariff despised by southern states because they believe it primarily benefits the North, and left the South poorer, leaving southern states hoping Andrew Jackson would alter it. -
Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Andrew Jackson's Vice President, John C. Calhoun said that states had the right to nullify oppressive Federal laws and legislation, which led to the passing of a revision to the 1828 Tariff (now the 1832 Tariff). -
The Webster-Hayne Debate
A major debate in Congress between Webster and Hayne, where Webster says that states do not have the power to nullify federal laws if they want, and Hayne says they can. -
Southern States Adopting the Ordinance of Nullification
Still not pleased with the Tariff, even after being altered, Southern States took Calhoun's words to heart and protested against and stopped following National laws they deemed oppressive. (The first time a state actually nullified national laws.) -
Jackson's Charleston threat and Proclamation
Andrew Jackson sent seven naval vessels and a Man-of-War to Charleston to persuade the people and southern states to stop nullifying federal laws and restate their alliegence to the Union, or else he will take military action. -
Clay's Tariff & the Force Act
Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson's political rival, suggested a compromise tariff, which would get passed in 1833, that stated the 1832 Tariff would annually become cheaper until 1842. This was passed at the same time Congress passed the Force Act, an act that allowed the president to enforce laws through the use of military force.