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Tariff of 1828 was created
This tariff was a protective tariff made to protect American manufactured goods by raising the price on imported goods -
South Carolina's Disagreement of 1828
South Carolina didn't like the tariff of 1828 because it didn't benefit their agricultural economy -
Tariff of 1832 (revision of the tariff of 1828)
In response to South Carolina's disagreement with the original tariff, the federal government issued a new tariff that pleased some South Carolinians but not all of them. -
Ordinance of Nullification
Statesmen of South Carolina John Calhoun felt that states should have the right to nullify federal laws. So the state of South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared both the tariff of 1828 and its revised version in 1832 null and void in South Carolina state borders. -
The Presidents response to the Ordinance of Nullification
President Jackson on December 10th issued a proclamation against the nullifiers of South Carolina saying that South Carolina was on the brink of insurrection and treason he appealed to the state to reassert their allegiance to the union also stated that he would use military power if necessary to enforce federal law. -
Force Act
Congress passed a Force act that allowed the president to enforce laws using military power -
Henry Clay's Comprise
Senator Henry Clay sponsored a compromise measure his tariff bills were passed in 1833 and this bill made it so the excess of 20 percent of the value of goods imported would be reduced year by year so that by 1842 the articles would reach the level of the moderate tariff of 1816.
