JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Heagreed with them, and encouraged them to leave the Union
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Hethreatened to take military action, supported by the Force Bill
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Hetried to satisfy them by getting rid of the tariff
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He ignored the issue, hoping it would go away
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Detailed explanation-1: -When South Carolina threatened to secede if it were forced to pay the tariffs, U.S. Pres. Andrew Jackson said that “disunion by armed force is treason.” Some three decades later, 11 Southern states claimed that their sovereignty gave them the right to secede from the union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Jackson regarded the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification as a clear threat to the federal union and to national authority. He reacted by submitting to Congress a Force Bill authorizing the use of federal troops in South Carolina if necessary to collect tariff duties.
Detailed explanation-3: -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 Jackson repealed the tariffs in the South because he agreed they hurt southern manufacturing.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-4: -Andrew Jackson, generally in favor of states’ rights, saw nullification as a threat to the Union. In his view, the federal government derived its power from the people, not from the states, and the federal laws had greater authority than those of the individual states.