The Doctrine of Nullification held that states had the right to declare null and void any federal law they deem unconstitutional.
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The Doctrine of Nullification became popular in the South because it allowed for the states to abide by their own laws when they thought the laws of the Federal government were not suited to their government, or were unconstitutional. This gave rise to the states in the South making their own rules about slavery.
In US history, doctrine asserting the right of states to ignore any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. The theory was set out by US vice president John C Calhoun, based on the idea that the Union is a voluntary coalition, with sovereign states and a federal government whose powers are restricted specifically to the US Constitution. The Confederate states used this doctrine to defend their right of secession.
State's Rights Doctrine: The belief that the states have more rights than the Federal government John C. Calhoun: Jackson's Vice President, also the supporter of slavery, and resigned from office because of The Nullification Crisis. South Carolina said that they would break away from the U.S, Jackson said if they do that he would have to send Federal troops and hang the leader of South Carolina. Fun Fact: THIS WAS LEADING IN TO THE CIVIL WAR 60 YEARS BEFORE IT REALLY HAPPENED! Henry Clay's Compromise: created a compromise which said they would lower tariffs in several years. Did You Know: That the Civil War was not only to stop slavery.
The idea that says a state can cancel a federal law is the idea of nullification.The idea of nullification essentially says that individual states can cancel certain laws passed by the federal government if that state views the law as unconstitutional. Needless to say, this was an unsuccessful attempt by the states to disobey federal laws imposed by the government.
The Doctrine of Nullification.
b. state government could nullify any federal law.
The Doctrine of Nullification became popular in the South because it allowed for the states to abide by their own laws when they thought the laws of the Federal government were not suited to their government, or were unconstitutional. This gave rise to the states in the South making their own rules about slavery.
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it strengthened the federal government
The Civil War
Nullification!
This doctrine taught that any state could nullify a law of the United States that was contrary to the Constitution as they understood it.
Calhoun's nullification theory was that if the federal government refused to permit a state to nullify a federal law, the state had the right to withdraw from the Union.
States' Rights is the theory that state and local government's actions and laws in dealing with social and economic problems are supreme to federal actions and laws. The theory goes back to the founding of our nation. Jefferson and Madison advocated states' rights in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. John C. Calhoun's Theory of Nullification, the South's justification for declaring independence from the US, also advocates states' rights.
The immediate goal was to avoid paying the tariffs set by the federal government. In the long range, the establishment of this principle would have removed all federal threats against the right of states to determine their own local laws.
The immediate goal was to avoid paying the tariffs set by the federal government. In the long range, the establishment of this principle would have removed all federal threats against the right of states to determine their own local laws.