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Tariff of Abomination
Created in an attempt to assist angry southern states by creating a protective tariff to tax foreign goods, but ended up hurting the southern economy greatly and prevented them from selling their products and had to pay more for manufacturing. It was called unconstitutional which made the southern states desperately want this to change. -
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Written by John Calhoun to protest against the previous tariffs and declared that the states had the right to invalidate the national legislature that was pushing these tariffs upon them within their state borders. -
Hain debate
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Jackson's Response to the SC Nullification Revision of tariff
Jackson sent troops to Charleston, South Carolina in response to their nullification and later created a proclamation to stop their refusal and made it clear he would begin to use more force if made necessary. -
Ordinance of Nullification
In response of both tariffs made on the south and neither resulting positively for the south, this ordinance declared both of these tariffs null and void and that South Carolina had the right to refuse them. Multiple actions were done including raising military forces to refuse the federal governments laws being enforced. -
Clay's Tariff Bill (Tariff of 1833)
Proposed by Henry Clay, declared that all tariffs above 20% the value of the goods were to be reduced gradually, so that all taxes would eventually be down to how they were initially set in 1816.