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The Tariff of 1824
This tariff was made in order to protect American industries from receiving cheaper British goods, especially wood, wool, and most agricultural products. When this tariff was put into action, it ended up protecting the North and leaving the South behind, causing a bit of a rift between both sides. -
The South Carolina Exposition
John C. Calhoun anonymously wrote this in order to protest the treatment of Southerners, mostly during the Tariff of 1828. -
The Tariff of 1828
Like the previous tariff, this one was also set on protecting the Northerners more than their Southern neighbors. While happening under Jackson's presidency, people considered this the Tariff of Abominations. The main issue was that this put a 38% tax on 92% of all imported goods. -
Hayne's Counter proclamation
Governor Robert Hayne made his own proclamation against Jackson that it was the state's own right to nullify a tariff that seemed to go against the constitution. In result, this put the south in a spot to secede. -
The Tariff of 1832
In order to fix all of the chaos from the Tariff of 1828, this Tariff was created in order to find a way to smooth over and make the nation more united than separated. -
Jackson's Proclamation Against Nullification
This was created after the people in the South had gotten together and claimed that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 was unconstitutional. In response, Jackson had made this proclamation. It later turned into the fact that government could use military force if a state refused to follow a tariff. -
Force Bill
This created eight sections to expand the president's power when it came to forcing South Carolina to obey the tariffs. If Jackson thought it was necessary, he could send in the military to force them into submission. -
South Carolina Repeal of Nullification
South Carolina had decided to meet up again and try to find a way to find a compromise for the Force Bill so they could avoid violence in any way. -
Clay's Compromise
Five separate bills that were passed that set the states into an argument of which states were free and which states were slave states after acquiring new land from the Mexican-American war.
