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John Adams signs the Tariff of Abominations, which the South believes favors the North industrialization, as it raised taxes on imported goods. The South dislikes this because they rely on importing these goods for cheap, and exporting raw goods for profit. This contributed to the Nullification Crisis.
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This was published by David Walker, and it critiques the colonization movement in America and calls for the immediate abolishment of slavery. He believed that natural rights were being violated and made it clear that it seems unfair for someone to be deemed lesser for their skin tone, and that the people who claim to be just are extremely cruel. He calls them hypocrites.
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Showed that South Carolina strongly opposed the Tariff of 1828, this proposed nullification, and caused many people to protest.
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The Indian Removal Act forced more Indians out of their homeland in Oklahoma and Alaska and onto the Trail of Tears.
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A series of speeches from SC, arguing if the federal government had too much power or if they were justified in enforcing their laws. Hayne thought that the federal government was acting unconstitutional, and was using control it doesn't actually have. Webster instead defended the North and focused on the nation in its entirety.
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This was a rebellion led by Nat Turner that killed 57 white people and led to slaves fighting back, he was captured and then executed in Virginia. The uprising was put down and approximately 100 slaves were killed in the rebellion and followed afterwards.
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South Carolina extremely disagreed with the doings of Jefferson and his decisions to input a high protective tax on imported goods. This made it more difficult for them to import tools and cheap manufactured goods. They instead decided to nullify the tariff and completely ignore it entirely, which caused a lot of outrage with the government. Jackson responds by saying that their actions are '"incompatible with the existence of the Union.”'
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Sac and Fox Indian tribes attempt to regain land they lost in Illinois via war. This was largely unsuccessful and led to a large loss for them. This was the end of a large amount of Indian resistance in the region.
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The Bank War is a battle Jackson had with the national bank, in which he says that the bank is trying to "kill him." He vetoes a bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States. He considered the bank as a monopoly for the rich that would take advantage of the poor.
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Passed by Andrew Jackson and served to reduce rates of the Tariff of 1828, the South was still upset and SC began considering nullification.
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This was Jackson's response, stating that what they are doing is unconstitutional and considered using armed forces. If SC doesn't comply, force will be used.
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Federal Law that authorized President Jackson to use military force to collect tariffs on the nullification issues.
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Negotiated by Senators Henry Clay and John Calhoun to resolve the nullification crisis by reducing the tariff for 10 years. This satisfied the expectations of SC, which kept them from leaving the union.
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Jackson decided to withdraw all of the federal funds, depositing them into 23 State Banks instead which were called "pet" banks. This causes the banks to need to call in debts and ask for money.