JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Made a secret deal with Calhoun to convince them to change their mind
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He held a press conference to explain why secession would not be wise
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He threatened to call out the army to stop them
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As a southerner himself, he liked the idea of secession
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Detailed explanation-1: -When South Carolina threatened to secede if it were forced to pay the tariffs, U.S. Pres. Andrew Jackson said that “disunion by armed force is treason.” Some three decades later, 11 Southern states claimed that their sovereignty gave them the right to secede from the union.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson issued a Proclamation to the People of South Carolina (also known as the “Nullification Proclamation”) that disputed a states’ right to nullify a federal law.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jackson supported states’ rights but viewed nullification as a prelude to secession, and he vehemently opposed any measure that could potentially break up the Union. In July 1832, in an effort to compromise, he signed a new tariff bill that lowered most import duties to their 1816 levels.
Detailed explanation-4: -The convention declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. It was asserted that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state’s secession.
Detailed explanation-5: -South Carolina’s declaration argued that the non-slaveholding states had “denounced as sinful the institution of slavery” and had “encouraged and assisted thousands of our slaves to leave their homes; and those who remain, have been incited by emissaries, books and pictures to servile insurrection.”