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Tariff of 1824
Because the South and the West were buying more goods from the British than they were with the North, the Tariff of 1824 was passed and enacted on May 22, 1824. However, the South felt that these taxes were unfair and unconstitutional. Henry Clay believed that this hurt the economy in the South while it improved the North's, therefore spreading sectionalism. This was the start to the Nullification Crisis. -
Tariff of 1828
It was a protective tariff passed to protect industry in the north. It was passed by John Quincy Adams. It was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by the south because the south was dependent on European trade and it suffered greatly with the tariff in place. The south thought that British goods held more quality than the good produced up north. This led them to feel as if they were targeted in the tax and gave them another reason to not like the national government. -
South Carolina Exposition
John C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition which was an essay explaining the South’s discontent with the Tariff of 1828. Calhoun thought that the tariff was unconstitutional and argued that the states rally together and nullify the tariff. No states agreed with Calhoun at this time. He wrote this document in disguise because he was the Vice President to John Quincy Adams at the time. He did not want to be seen as a traitor. -
Tariff of 1832
The Tariff of 1832 was a protectionist tariff in the US and reduced tariffs to help resolve the conflicts created by the tariff of 1828. Opposition stemmed from the south, particularly South Carolina. Made Jackson lose support from the South. This was bad because this is where most of his support came from, the common folk and farmers. -
Nullification Proclemation
Jackson passed a proclamation in response to the SC Nullification Ordinance. He said that it is treason to nullify the federal law. He then sent troops to stop people who opposed the Tariffs. -
Haynes' Proclamation against nullification
Hayne found that Jackson's proclamation was unconstitutional and said that if a state is oppressed by a law it can claim it void. As Jackson sent more troops to SC Hayes would keep nullifying Tariffs. -
South Carolina Nullification
South Carolina had strong oppositions to the tariffs and refused to pay them. They threatened to secede from the union if Jackson used force to collect them. They felt very betrayed by Jackson because they felt he had their back from the very beginning. -
Force Bill
Andrew Jackson grew tired of South Carolina's schemed to not pay their taxes and tariffs and passed the Force Bill to allow the Army and Navy to collect them. However, South Carolina nullified the Force Bill as well. -
Henry Clay's Compromise
As a response to the Force Bill, Clay and Calhoun proposed a new Tariff in which it slowly reduced the amount of tax money put on foreign items. The South were glad that they would be able to afford British goods in the future. This prompted the U.S. to avoid any large-scale conflict. -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
Because Henry Clay was able make a compromise between SC and Jackson, SC decided to repeal some of the nullifications' they had imposed earlier. This action ended the Nullification Crisis for good. Southerners were quite pleased with the outcome while the North was too. This, indeed benefited the country short term because all these actions were the foreshadowing for the Civil War.
