JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Americans disagreed over the effectiveness of the U.S. judicial branch.
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Americans recognized the need to further amend the U.S. Constitution.
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Americans debated over the authority of federal versus state governments.
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Americans exercised their right to call upon Congress to settle disputes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 began with the passage of the Tariff of 1828 (better known as the Tariff of Abominations) which sought to protect industrial products from competition with foreign imports.
Detailed explanation-2: -The theory of nullification is based on a view that the states formed the Union by an agreement (or “compact") among the states, and that as creators of the federal government, the states have the final authority to determine the limits of the power of that government.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was driven by South Carolina politician John C. Calhoun, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and argued that the U.S. Constitution gave states the right to block the enforcement of a federal law.
Detailed explanation-4: -The president also questioned the Supreme Court’s decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, arguing that the Court should not serve as the exclusive authority or final arbiter of the Constitution. Instead, Jackson insisted that each branch had the ability to decide for itself whether a proposed measure was constitutional.