JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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the Tariff of Secession
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the Intolerable Tariff
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the Southern Tariff
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the Tariff of Abominations
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Detailed explanation-1: -The tariff was replaced in 1833, and the crisis ended. It was called the “Tariff of Abominations” by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Southern economy. It set a 38% tax on some imported goods and a 45% tax on certain imported raw materials.
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, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and argued that the U.S. Constitution gave states the right to block the enforcement of a federal law. In November 1832 South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs null, void, and nonbinding in the state.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tariff of 1828, also called the Tariff of Abominations, was a protective tariff passed in the early 19th century to support growing domestic industries by raising the costs of imported goods, a view that came to be known as protectionism.