JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Question
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Do courts have the power to rule on the constitutionality of state laws?
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Does the president have the authority to use the military to enforce the law?
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Does the federal government have the authority to enact laws regarding slavery?
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Do states have the power to declare a federal law unconstitutional?
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Nullification Crisis was caused by Southern opposition to the Tariffs of 1828 and 1833, which raised prices on British goods that were imported into the South. Southern states believed the tariffs were designed to protect Northern manufacturers who competed with the British.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The primary cause of the Nullification Crisis of 1832 was the hated 1828 Tariff of Abominations that drastically increased tariff rates. Other causes of the Nullification Crisis included southern adoption of the theory of nullification as well as political ambition from southern leaders such as John C. Calhoun.