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Tariff of Abominations
This was a protective tariff for businesses and farming. This was very helpful to the North, but it was not helpful at all to the South. This tariff made the prices of imported goods higher. It made Southern states' agriculture poorer. There were a lot of protests about this in newspapers and town meetings. -
Downward Tariff of Abomination
Jackson signed a bill about making the tariff downward. South Carolina didn't think that was enough for them. -
Ordinance of Nullification
This made tariffs 1828 and 1832 null and void in the state of South Carolina. They threatened to leave the union if the US government tried to push tariffs on them. -
Charleston and Proclamation against Nullifiers
In November, Jackson responded to South Carolina's threat of seceding by sending "seven small naval vessels and a man-of-war" to Charleston, South Carolina. On December the 10th, he made a proclamation against the people that wanted to nullify the tariffs. He said that the state of South Carolina was very close to committing treason. He told them that they needed to "reassert allegiance" to the United States. -
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Another name for this is Calhoun's Exposition. This is a protest about the tariff. It was also saying that states should be able to deny national laws within their own states. Calhoun believed that the tariff was unconstitutional because it was putting industry before commerce. He also stated that the state should be getting more power in general. -
Tariff Bill by Clay
Henry Clay came up with a compromise that the imported good taxes/duties had to go down by 20% every year. The amount of taxes would be at the "moderate tariff of 1816" by 1842. A Force Act was also passed so that the President can impose the law using the military.
