USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson’s vice president and a native of South Carolina, proposed the theory of nullification, which declared the tariff unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable.

Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore, if a state found a federal law unconstitutional and detrimental to its sovereign interests, it would have the right to “nullify” that law within its borders. Calhoun advanced the position that a state could declare a national law void.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Caldwell Calhoun was one of the most powerful politicians of the Antebellum Era. He argued that slavery was a positive good for the enslaved on the floor of the US Senate. He advocated for the nullification of federal law.

Detailed explanation-4: -In doing so, he paved the way for Andrew Jackson to win the 1828 presidential election. Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina published the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, responding to the 1828 tariff and setting forth arguments in favor of state nullification of federal laws.