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Tariff of Abominations
Protectionist U.S. import tax on manufactured goods instituted to safeguard nascent industrial and manufacturing centers in New England, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
- Also known as the Tariff of 1828, the Tariff of Abominations was passed in May of 1828 to protect the northern states’ new industrial centers from competition from the more established manufacturing sectors of Europe. The tariff, however, ended up increasing prices on manufactured goods in the South. -
Webster-Hayne Debate
Debate on land laws, slavery, etc.; National government superiority. -
Nullification Crisis Begins
The People of South Carolina voted to veto the Tariff of Abominations because it was unconstitutional. Congress wanted use force in order to get all states to comply with laws; South Carolina threatened to break away from the Union -
Proclamation to the People of South Carolina
President Jackson's response to the South Carolina voting to veto the Nullification. States why he is against the nullification of the tariff (its unconstitutional), and breaks the union. -
Compromise Tariff Act of 1833
The Compromise Tariff Act of 1833 mitigated the worst of the economic hardship on the South but did little to clarify the question of states’ rights against the federal government. As a result of the Tariff of Abominations, regional differences began to harden between the protectionist industrial North and the free-trade agricultural South.