JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cancelling of a federal law (refusal to follow it)
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Belief that a federal law must be followed
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nullification is the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional, and it has been controversial since its inception in early American history.
Detailed explanation-2: -nullify a law. : to make of no value or consequence (see consequence sense 3)
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nullification Process at Work Calhoun outlined the nullification process to work like this: Congress passed a bill (in this case the Tariff of 1828) A state could hold a convention to determine if the bill was constitutional. If found unconstitutional, the state could then nullify the bill.
Detailed explanation-4: -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).