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Tariff of Abomination
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, which depended on European trade. these were high tariffs on imported, foreign goods -
Hayne and Webster Debate
Robert Hayne, from the South, and Daniel Webster, from the North, debated issues for the North and South. Some of these issues were public land policy, western expansion, and slavery. -
Tariff of Abomination Reduced
This was a protectionist tariff that reduced the tariffs created earlier in an attempt to resolve conflicts that arose with the tariff of 1828. Although the tariff was reduced, this still did not please South Carolina and led to the Ordinance of Nullification. -
Ordinance of Nullification
The Ordinance of Nullification declared the tariffs of 1828 and of 1832 null and void. South Carolina even passed laws that protected these ideas. For example, South Carolina gave people the ability to raise an army and to collect arms for the army. -
Jackson's Proclamation
Jackson had already sent out troops to go get rid of the Ordinance by force. South Carolina was close to committing treason against the US and he wanted to stop it. He talked to the people of South Carolina because he knew he could appeal to them over the leaders of South Carolina. -
Clay's Tariff Bill
This bill would specify that all duties in excess of 20 percent of the value of goods would be reduced. They would continue to get reduced until 1842. -
Force Act
This allowed Jackson to use the army and navy to collect the revenue from the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. However, the nullification from the south declared the tariffs null and void as well as the act.