USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1832–33, when South Carolina, under the leadership of the nullification theory’s author, John C. Calhoun, now a senator from South Carolina, undertook to put the theory into practice, Webster, though an opponent of President Andrew Jackson, supported him in resisting the attempt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cal-houn and Daniel Webster debated the scope of federal government powers and whether states could nullify (veto) laws passed by a ma-jority in Congress. Calhoun champi-oned states’ rights while Webster stood for a nation of one people based on majority rule.

Detailed explanation-3: -And Clay, Webster, and Calhoun each served as secretary of state, which in the early years of the United States was generally regarded as a stepping stone to the presidency. Yet each man was thwarted in attempts to become president.

Detailed explanation-4: -Henry Clay of Kentucky, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts dominated national politics from the end of the War of 1812 until their deaths in the early 1850s.