JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Put troops on alert and passed bills lowering tariffs and allowing tariffs to be collected by force
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Sent troops in to invade the state
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Passed a compromise bill getting rid of all tariffs
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Sent troops in and went to the port of Charleston to collect tariffs by force
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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: -In the past Jackson simply acknowledged the supremacy of union over state sovereignty without taking any direct action; however, this explicit threat of secession forced him to act against these nullifiers.
Detailed explanation-3: -On December 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson issued a Proclamation to the People of South Carolina (also known as the “Nullification Proclamation”) that disputed a states’ right to nullify a federal law.
Detailed explanation-4: -In response to the looming political battle and in an effort to appease Southerners, Congress passed the Tariff of 1832, lowering the 1828 rates but maintaining a rate that was still highly protectionist. The newly elected South Carolina legislature responded by calling for a state nullification convention.
Detailed explanation-5: -The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.