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The Nullification Crisis

By JohnSingleton

  • The 1828 Tariff

    The 1828 Tariff
    The Tariff of 1828, also know as the Tariff of Abamonations, was a tariff set in place by the US government to raise the price of imported goods up to 150%. The intent was to help raise manufacturing in the country, but it only angered the southern states, who were affected worse due to their reliance on British exports and imports. This tariff is the main cause of the Nullification Crisis.

  • The South Carolina Exposition and Protest

    The South Carolina Exposition and Protest
    "The South Carolina Exposition and Protest", written by John Calhoun, the former VP to Andrew Jackson, was a series of essays created to detail Calhoun's dislike of the Tariff of 1828.Calhoun, in the essays, tells the states to all rally against the tariff and nullify it. He uses the principles of Madison and Jefferson to justify this (Jefferson and Madison wrote of nullification for the Alien and Sedition Acts).

  • The Hayne Webster Debate

    The Hayne Webster Debate
    During the crisis, two Congressmen, Robert Hayne and Daniel Webster, started a debate on the 1828 tariff. Haynes did not support the tariff, while Webster did. The debate also spoke on nationalism and the union of the nation.

  • The Tariff of 1832

    The Tariff of 1832
    The Tariff of 1832 was enacted by Jackson and Congress in order to remedy the anger the 1828 tariff had caused for southerners. This tariff lowered the 1828 tariff, but southerners, especially South Carolinians, considered it to high still.

  • The Ordinance of Nullification

    The Ordinance of Nullification
    In November of 1832, after major harm to its economy, trade, and well being, the South Carolina Legislature declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void on the grounds of it being "unconstitutional". The ordinance also threatened a secession from the US if the government used force to enforce the tariffs.

  • Jackson's Proclamation

    Jackson's Proclamation
    In response to South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification, President Andrew Jackson declared that he did not support South Carolina. He believed a state should not have the power to nullify an act of Congress because it could dissolve the nation all together. He believed that if the nullification continued, he would use force to help defend the laws of the US.