THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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South Dakota was forced to pay the Tariff of Abominations
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South Carolina tried to secede, using the mandate of states’ rights
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North Carolina refused to pay a protective tariff
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -nullification crisis, in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former’s attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
Detailed explanation-2: -In response to the Tariff of 1828, vice president John C. Calhoun asserted that states had the right to nullify federal laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -The convention declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. It was asserted that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state’s secession.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.