USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Henry Clay’s compromise that resolved the Nullification Crisis?
A
North would pay the south three million dollars
B
The south would receive more land
C
Lower tariff over several years
D
Drop the tariff
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The Compromise Tariff, written by Clay and approved by Calhoun, provided for the gradual reduction of duties to the revenue level of 20 percent. The Force Bill, enacted at the request of President Jackson, authorized the use of military force, if necessary, to put down nullification in South Carolina.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the interregnum, Henry Clay and Calhoun worked out a compromise in Congress, known as the Compromise Bill of 1833. In exchange for South Carolina rescinding its ordinance, the tariffs would be incrementally lowered over ten years. This circumstance brought the Nullification Crisis of 1832 to an end.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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