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Tariff of 1828
A tariff passed to protect the northern states' new industrial centers from competition from the more established sections in Europe. Even though it protected the northern states, it caused economic hardship in the agricultural South, by leading to higher priced manufactured goods and the loss of valuable European markets for southern agricultural exports. -
Veto of the Tariff of 1828
The legislature of South Carolina voted to veto the Tariff of 1828, declaring that it is unconstitutional. In doing so, they were following a doctrine previously advocated by John C. Calhoun, who believed that each state was a single entity that could decide that validity of federal legislation in its own boarders. Congress and President Jackson disagreed with this and authorized force to make the states abide by federal law, in which South Carolina responded by threatening to leave the Union. -
Proclamation to the People of South Carolina
A proclamation that asserted the supremacy of the federal government and warning that breaking away from the Union is treason. -
Compromise Tariff Act of 1833
An act that specified all duties in excess of 20 percent of the value of the goods, were to be reduced year by year until they reached the level of the moderate tariff of 1816 -
Force Bill
A law passed by the U.S. Congress that gave the president the power to use the military to enforce the collection of import duties if a state refused to comply with federal tariffs.