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The Tariff of Abominations was passed in the year 1828. This Tariif was made to raise taxes on imported manufacturers in able to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing. This tariff didn't settle well with the South and created threats of secession. This later led President Jackson's vice president, John C. Calhoun, who was a native of the South to propose the theory of nullification. -
Many South Carolinaers opposed the Tariff of Abomination in the fall of 1828. They considered this to be an abuse of authority. Then, state legislatures requested that Vice President John C. Calhoun draft an argument for a state veto stating the hazards of the tariff, and explained how state constitution conventions had the power to declare a federal act invalid. This was rejected by the legislatures, but it later adopted Calhoun's nullification after four years. -
Governor Hayne Webster believed that if a state is being pressed by a law they would have the right to state whether it is unconstitutional or void. This however caused conflict since President Jackson was already gathering troops to send out to South Carolina which could have led to war between South Carolina and the United States. -
The tariff of 1832 was passed after they denied the Tariff of 1828, this Tariff only lowered the levies by very little. South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of nullification which stated that both tariffs were null and void. They also threatened to secede if the federal government agreed to enforce both tariffs. -
The Ordinance of Nullification declared that the 1828 and 1832 tariffs were unconstitutional, null, and void. -
On December 10, 1832, President Jackson made a proclamation to the people of the South. This proclamation was issued to debate whether states have the right to nullify a federal law. Jackson's proclamation was written in response to an ordinance issued by a South Carolina convention stating that the 1828 and 1832 tariffs were both unconstitutional. After this proclamation was made Congress later on passed the Force Bill. -
This Bill was passed by Congress after Jackson's proclamation. This bill allowed Jackson to use military forces to enforce provisions of the tariffs in South Carolina and any other state that refused to comply with the federal tariffs. -
Congress passed a compromise Tariff which satisfied South Carolina. The South Carolina convention later reconvened and repealed the nullification Ordinance inorder to pass this new tariff. -
The Comprise tariff made by Henry Clay stated that tariffs would slowly decrease over the next decade. This satisfied South Carolina and later on, passed this tariff and ended the nullification crisis.