JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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When South Carolina cancelled tariffs and threatened to secede from the Union if they tried to collect tax.
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When Georgia cancelled tariffs and threatened to secede from the Union if they tried to collect tax.
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When Mississippi cancelled tariffs and threatened to secede from the Union if they tried to collect tax.
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When South Carolina increased tariffs and threatened to go to war with Andrew Jackson’s army.
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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 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: -In 1833, Henry Clay helped broker a compromise bill with Calhoun that slowly lowered tariffs over the next decade. The Compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the nullification crisis.
Detailed explanation-4: -In November 1832, the Nullification Convention met. 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: -Although not the first crisis that dealt with state authority over perceived unconstitutional infringements on its sovereignty, the Nullification Crisis represented a pivotal moment in American history as this is the first time tensions between state and federal authority almost led to a civil war.