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JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Vice President who declared that the states had the right to nullify any federal law with which they disagreed was who? This guy said people in South Carolina didn’t have to pay the tariffs.
A
John Marshall
B
Martin Van Buren
C
John Douglas
D
John C. Calhoun
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In response to the Tariff of 1828, vice president John C. Calhoun asserted that states had the right to nullify federal laws.

Detailed explanation-2: -Later that year in response to the tariff, Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina anonymously penned the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, articulating the doctrine of nullification.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina published the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, responding to the 1828 tariff and setting forth arguments in favor of state nullification of federal laws.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Caldwell Calhoun (/kælˈhuːn/; March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.

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