JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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use the army and navy to collect customs duties
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give the right to the states to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law
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force the creation of another political party known as the Whig Party
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force all the Native Americans to relocate to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory
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Detailed explanation-1: -In November 1832 South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs null, void, and nonbinding in the state. U.S. Pres. Andrew Jackson responded in December by issuing a proclamation that asserted the supremacy of the federal government. Read more about John C.
Detailed explanation-2: -Force Bill, law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1833 that gave the president the power to use the military to enforce the collection of import duties if a state refused to comply with federal tariffs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Calhoun, Andrew Jackson’s Vice President, “nullifiers” in the South Carolina convention declared that the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and should be nullified. South Carolina representatives believed that these tariffs favored the North and created an undue economic strain on the South.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did President Jackson’s response to South Carolina’s attempt to nullify the Tariff of 1832 show differences in their views regarding the union? Jackson repealed the tariffs in the South because he agreed they hurt southern manufacturing.
Detailed explanation-5: -After Jackson issued his proclamation, Congress passed the Force Act that authorized the use of military force against any state that resisted the tariff acts.