USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The tariff of 1828 raised taxes on imported manufactures so as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing. Southerners, arguing that the tariff enhanced the interests of the Northern manufacturing industry at their expense, referred to it as the Tariff of Abominations.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Although the nullification crisis was ostensibly about South Carolina’s refusal to collect federal tariffs, many historians believe it was actually rooted in growing Southern fears over the movement in the North for the abolition of slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Calhoun resigned his position as Vice President to return to the Senate in 1832. On this date, the Tariff of 1828-better known as the Tariff of Abominations-passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.