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Nullification Crisis
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Tariff of Abominations
It was called the "Tariff of Abominations" by the South. Since the tariff was passed not that long before Jackson took office, he had to deal with all the fallout. Adams was probably thinking to himself, "I am soooo over this mess." -
Tariff 1828
Protective tariff pass to protect Northern Industry. -
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Written by John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina Exposition was written to express the unhappiness of the south with the tariff of 1828. Calhoun argues that the tariff was unconstitutional and suggested that the states rally together and nullify the tariff, though the states were against him at the time. -
Hayne-Webster Debate
Senators Robert Haynes (South Carolina) and Daniel Webster (Massachusetts) could sense that trouble was a-brewing in the Union. For a solid week, they took on the states' versus federal rights issue. -
Indian Removal Act
The act allowed the government to remove Native Americans from where they were living and place them in open land further west. The theory was that indigenous populations would voluntarily move, but in reality forced expulsion commonly took place. This eventually resulted in the infamous "Trail of Tears." -
The Tariff of 1832
The Tariff was a protectionist tariff that reduced the tariffs created earlier in an attempt to resolve conflicts that arose with the tariff of 1828. -
Nullies Nullify
South Carolina got a Nullification Convention together—and this time, they got serious. They passed a resolution that said the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in South Carolina, and if the feds tried to enforce it, they'd leave the Union. So there. -
1st South Carolina Nullification
South Carolina declared they had the right to nullify the tariffs and any law passed by government. -
Force Bill
The force bill allowed Andrew Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
Still angry about the tariffs and their economy taking a hit, the South Carolina convention reconvened in response to their nullification ordinance being dismissed. They called for a repeal on their nullification of the tariffs that were placed to protect Northern industries to try to have power to nullify those tariffs -
Nullies Nullify the Force Bill
You didn't think South Carolina was going to leave it at that, did you? No way. As a last little, "in your face," the nullifiers did what they did best: nullify. They symbolically nullified the Force Bill as a way to let Jackson know that South Carolina still felt he had overstepped his bounds