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Tariff of Abominations
This was a tariff that enforced high taxes on imports and was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1828. It was to protect Northern industries making goods more expensive but it made the Southerners mad because most of the Southern states relied on importing goods. -
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was a document by John C. Calhoun stating that a state had a right to nullify federal laws if unconstitutional. -
Webster-Hayne debate
Webster-Hayne debate was a debate between two U.S. senators Daniel Webster from Massachusetts and Robert Hayne from South Carolina. It argues whether states or the national government should have more power. Hayne believed that states had the right to ignore national laws that weren't agreed with. Webster believed that the government should have more power and that the nation is now and not a group[ of states. -
Tariff of 1832
Tariff of 1832 was passed to lower taxes on imported goods reducing the tax caused by Tariff of Abominations. however, the south still was not satisfied. -
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification declared the tariffs of abominations and the tariff of 1832 as unconstitutional and said that the state would not follow them. This was the part where South Carolina wanted to challenge the federal government authority over state rights and told the federal government that they would separate from the union. -
Jackson's proclamation of SC ordinance of Nullification
This was President Andrew Jackson's response to South Carolina because they were refusing to follow the tariffs. In the proclamation, Jackson warns them that federal laws had to be followed and that what they were doing was illegal and he would use armed forces if they didn't comply -
The force act
This was a law that permitted the U.S. military to enforce the tariffs on abominations and tariffs of 1832. -
Compromisr Tariff of 1833
This lowered import taxes to satisfy and resolve the conflict with South Carolina over the high tariffs. Made by Henry Clay it helped end the nullification crisis and avoided trouble between the state and federal government.