JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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South Carolina argued it could nullify a federal law that it considered unconstitutional.
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The president had the authority to ignore, or nullify, any federal law of his choice.
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Congress argued it could nullify a state law that it considered unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court ruled that a federal or state law was unconstitutional.
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Detailed explanation-1: -nullification crisis, in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former’s attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
Detailed explanation-2: -The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.
Detailed explanation-3: -South Carolina then adopted (1832) the Ordinance of Nullification, proclaiming both tariffs null and void within the state and threatening to secede if the federal government attempted to enforce the tariffs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered on Southern protests against a series of protective tariffs that taxed all foreign goods. The tariffs were intended to boost the sales of U.S. products and protect manufacturers in the North from cheap British goods.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Nullification Crisis of 1832 was a political dispute between the Federal Government and the government of South Carolina over tariffs that were designed to protect manufacturers in the Northern states who were competing with British manufacturers.