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The South Carolina Exposition
an explanation written by John C. Calhoun that reinforced the doctrine, or principle, of Nullification. The 1828 South Carolina Exposition was written in response to the 1828 Tariff of Abominations that favored the commercial interests of the North at the expense of the South. -
Tariff of 1828
The tariff sought to protect northern and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports; however, the resulting tax on foreign goods would raise the cost of living in the South and would cut into the profits of New England's industrialists. -
Tariff of 1832
protective tariff to reduced the existing tariffs as remedy for the conflict created by the 1828 tax referred to as the Tariff of Abominations. The remedial effects of the Tariff of 1832 was a compromise but failed to please Southerners -
The South Carolina Nullification
declared the Tariff of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina. -
Jackson's Proclamation against Nullification
Jackson prepared troops to go to South Carolina to collect the revenue but they never went. He instead urged Congress to pass a bill that would allow him to use military force to ensure tariffs. -
Haynes' Counter Proclamation
Haynes claimed that a state could deem a national law unconstitutional. Jackson started to round up troops to send to South Carolina, Haynes continued to void the tariffs and laws. This put South Carolina in a place to go to war with the US. -
Force Bill
It authorized the president to use of whatever force he deemed necessary to enforce federal tariffs. -
Clay's Compromise
proposed by Henry Clay with the cooperation of John C. Calhoun the Compromise Tariff gradually lowered the tariff rates over the next 10 years until, in 1842, they would be as low as they were by the Tariff Act of 1816. -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
The South Carolina convention reconvened and repealed its tariff Nullification Ordinance. They approved of the lowering of tariff rates. Even though this signaled the end of the nullification crisis, it showed that differences in the North and South were emerging.