Nullification Crisis

By C.Murray

  • 1828 tariff

    This tariff was passed in 1828 and was another protective tariff designed to protect industry in the Northern United States. This tariff greatly hurt the Southern part of the United States, who depended on European trade.

  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson becomes president

  • Tariffs affect the south

    The government issues tariffs on the south. They began to import and export less and less goods.

  • South Carolina finds tariffs unfair

    South Carolina finds the tariff of 1828 unconstitutional

  • South Carolina refuses to pay taxes

    South Carolina refused to pay the tariffs.

  • The government sends military to South Carolina

    The military was sent to South Carolina for not paying the taxes.

  • South Carolina pays taxes

    The compromise tariff reduced the other tariffs