-
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
John C. Colhoun wrote a response to the Tariff of 1828 stating that states had the right to nullify oppressive national legislation. -
Tariff of Abominations
Protectionist U.S. import tax on manufactured goods instituted to safeguard nascent industrial and manufacturing center in New England, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The tariff caused economic hardship in the South. The tariff increased prices on manufactured goods in the South and the southerners were unwilling to suffer for the benefit of the North. -
Hayne Webster Debate
Debated issues such as public land policy, and western expansion, and slavery -
Tariff of 1832
The Tariff of 1832 was created to lower the existing tax and help with the conflict of the tariff of abominations. But this tariff didn’t really help and Southerners were still mad about the tariffs. -
South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification
The Ordinance declared both the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within state borders. Its legislature also passed laws to enforce the ordinance, including authorization for raising a military fore and appropriations for arms. -
Jackson's Proclamation Against Nullification
Jackson issued a proclamation against the nullification in South Carolina. He appealed to the people of the state to reassert their allegiance to the Union. He also let it be known that, if necessary, he personally would lead the U.S. Army to enforce the law. -
Force Act
Congress passed the law which authorized Jackson to use military force against any that resisted the protective tariff laws. -
Haynes' Counter Proclamation
In response to Jackson''s proclamation against nullification, Haynes claimed that a state, if oppressed by a law, can deem it unconstitutional and void. After Jackson started to round up troops to send to South Carolina, Haynes countered this by continuing to void tariffs and laws -
Compromise Tariff of 1833
Henry Clay created this bill which specified that all duties in excess of 20 percent of the value of the goods imported were to be reduced by year, so that by 1842 the duties on all articles would reach the level of the moderate tariff of 1816.