USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of the following are true about the Nullification Crisis of 1828 EXCEPT:
A
South Carolina Threatened to secede from the Union
B
Jackson threatened military force with Henry Clay’s support
C
It began because of a tariff that raised the price of natural resources which raised prices to produce cotton
D
It was composed of the fact the federal government was promising/printing more money than they had in gold and silver to support it.
Explanation: 

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 tariff was so unpopular in the South that it generated threats of secession. John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson’s vice president and a native of South Carolina, proposed the theory of nullification, which declared the tariff unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following does not explain how the nullification crisis was resolved? South Carolina agreed that nullification was not a state’s right. Why did Andrew Jackson veto the bill renewing the charter of the Second National Bank of the United States? It gave little credit to ordinary people.

Detailed explanation-4: -What Caused the Nullification Crisis? The Tariff of 1828, commonly referred to as the Tariff of Abominations, was the central cause of the Nullification Crisis. This tariff was first proposed by allies of Andrew Jackson’s presidential campaign during the election of 1828.

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