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Tariff of Abomination
This was a protective tariff for the purpose of protecting agricultural products from foreign competition in the northern and western US. The long term effect of this tariff was that British imports would have eventually dominated the market and significantly inhibited American industrial development. -
SC Exposition and Protest
In 1828 Calhoun anonymously wrote this widely circulated book which he spelled out his argument that the tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional and that aggrieved states therefore had the right to nullify the law within their borders. -
Ordinance of Nullification
proposed that each state in the union oppose the tyranny of the majority by asserting the right to nullify an unconstitutional act of Congress. It was written in reaction to the Tariff of 1828, which he said placed the Union in danger and stripped the South of its rights. South Carolina had threatened to secede if the tariff was not revoked; Calhoun suggested that the state nullify it in order to go about it in a more peaceful manner. -
Jacksons Proclamation (Response to nullifiers)
Jackson's official response to SC's nullification ordinance (December 10, 1832). He denied any state the right to disobey federal law, and denounced secession as treason. He also warned South Carolina citizens of the dangers of continuing to obey the previous nullification. This proclamation was established for the purpose of declaring his right to carry out duties and warning SC. -
The Force Act
The Force Bill authorized President Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. South Carolina's ordinance of nullification had declared these tariffs null and void, and South Carolina would not collect duties on them. It was eventually nullified. -
Tariff of 1833
proposed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis. It was adopted to gradually reduce the rates after southerners objected to the protectionism found in the Tariff of 1832 and the 1828 Tariff of Abominations, which had prompted South Carolina to threaten secession from the Union.
