Nullification Crisis

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  • Tariff of Abominations

    Protectionist U.S. import tax on manufactured goods instituted to safeguard nascent industrial and manufacturing centers in New England, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

  • Ordinance of Nullification

    Declared both the tariffs of 1828 and
    1832 null and void within South Carolina state borders.

  • Jackson's Proclemation Against Nullification

    Jackson publicly announces that he is against the nullification and will do everything in his power to stop it and uphold the Constitution.

  • Force Act

    Authorizes the president to use
    military power to enforce the laws

  • Clay's Tariff Bill

    All duties in excess of
    20 percent of the value of the goods
    imported were to be reduced year by
    year, so that by 1842 the duties on
    all articles would reach the level of
    the moderate tariff of 1816.