THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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represented Western views and was pro-tariff
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represented Northern views and was anti-tariff
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represented Southern views and was originally pro-tariff
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A staunch defender of the institution of slavery, and a slave-owner himself, Calhoun was the Senate’s most prominent states’ rights advocate, and his doctrine of nullification professed that individual states had a right to reject federal policies that they deemed unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-2: -He served as a U.S. representative, secretary of war, vice president and secretary of state, and had a long career in the U.S. Senate, during which he emerged as an outspoken defender of states’ rights and the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Calhoun is a) a two-time vice president who supported slavery and states’ rights. He also brought about nullification into American government and was a big supporter of limited government. He was the seventh vice president and being from the south supported the secession of the southern states from the Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -John C. Calhoun championed states’ rights and slavery and was a symbol of the Old South. He spent the last 20 years of his life in the U.S. Senate working to unite the South against the abolitionist attack on slavery. His efforts included opposing the admittance of Oregon and California to the Union as free states.