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The Tariff of 1824
The tariff of 1824, targeted wool and cotton textiles, agricultural goods, and iron products. Because British goods were sold at cheaper prices, this tariff was placed to protect the American industry.
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The Tariff of 1828
The tariff of 1828 was passed to protect industry in the north. European manufacturers would sell their goods at very low prices in order to get Americans to buy their goods. This made it very hard for American manufacturers to keep up. The south suffered greatly because they were so dependent on European goods. -
The South Carolina Exposition
The South Carolina Exposition, also known as Calhoun´s Exposition, is an essay written by John C. Calhoun explaining the South’s discontent with the Tariff of 1828. Calhoun thought that the tariff was unconstitutional and argued that the states come together and nullify the tariff. -
The Tariff of 1832
The tariff of 1832 was an attempt to protect local producers from foreign competitors by setting a tariff on imported goods or reducing the amount of importation. This only benefited the north because they did not rely on imported materials as much as the south, so this caused tensions to arise. -
South Carolina Nullification
South Carolina had strong oppositions to the tariffs and refused to pay them because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north. They threatened to secede from the union if Jackson used force to collect them. -
Hayne´s Counter Proclamation
Governor Haynes claimed that a state, if oppressed by a law, can deem it unconstitutional and void. After Jackson started to gather troops to send to South Carolina, Haynes countered this by continuing to void the tariffs and laws. This put South Carolina in a place to go to war with the US. -
Jackson´s Proclamation against Nullification
Jackson issued a proclamation to the people of South Carolina that debated a states right to nullify federal laws. His proclamation was written in response to an ordinance from a South Carolina convention that the tariffs were unconstitutional. Jackson prepared troops to bring to South Carolina to collect tariff revenue because Congress passed the Force Act which allowed military force to be used against states that resisted the acts. -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
South Carolina repealed some of their nullification´s. They approved of the lowering of tariff rates.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. -
Force Bill
The Force Bill allowed Andrew Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. South Carolina's nullification declared these tariffs void and South Carolina would not collect duties on them. South Carolina nullified the Force Bill as well. -
Clay´s Compromise
The compromise consisted of a new tariff that slowly reduced the tariff. States that demanded nullification backed down and the US avoided a large scale conflict.
