USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Force Act, dated April 1871, empowered the president to use the armed forces to combat those who conspired to deny equal protection of the laws and to suspend habeas corpus, if necessary, to enforce the act.

Detailed explanation-2: -Passed by Congress at the urging of President Andrew Jackson, the Force Bill consisted of eight sections expanding presidential power and was designed to compel the state of South Carolina’s compliance with a series of federal tariffs, opposed by John C. Calhoun and other leading South Carolinians.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -On March 1, 1833, Congress enacted the Force Bill, authorizing President Andrew Jackson to use American military forces to enforce the provisions of the Tariff of 1832 after a Convention of the People of South Carolina endorsed a proclamation commonly known as the “South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification”.