JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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the right to ignore Supreme Court decisions
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the rights of states to override federal laws
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the right of states to secede from the United States
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the right to pass federal laws that benefited certain regions
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Detailed explanation-1: -It ensued after South Carolina declared the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was driven by South Carolina politician John C. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tariff of 1828, commonly referred to as the Tariff of Abominations, was the central cause of the Nullification Crisis. This tariff was first proposed by allies of Andrew Jackson’s presidential campaign during the election of 1828. The tariff itself raised taxes by 30 to 50 percent on imports.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal laws which they deem unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution (as opposed to the state’s own constitution).