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The nullification crisis of 1832 centered around southern opposition to tariffs.
South Carolina attempted to defy the Tariff of 1832, which they believed would be economically disastrous to the state . They passed the Ordinance of 1832 which called the tariff unconstitutional and restated a state's right to defy an unconstitutional law that might prove detrimental to their well being. President Jackson countered with The Nullification Ordinance of 1832 and sent a flotilla of naval ships to South Carolina ports to enforce the tax.
Nullification Act of 1832
Congress passed the Tariff of 1833.
South Catolina, refusing to pay the tariffs on foreign imports.
The nullification crisis of 1832 centered around southern opposition to tariffs.
South Carolina attempted to defy the Tariff of 1832, which they believed would be economically disastrous to the state . They passed the Ordinance of 1832 which called the tariff unconstitutional and restated a state's right to defy an unconstitutional law that might prove detrimental to their well being. President Jackson countered with The Nullification Ordinance of 1832 and sent a flotilla of naval ships to South Carolina ports to enforce the tax.
1832
The Nullification crisis can be defined as a sectional crisis that occurred during the presidency of Andrew Jackson which created the 1832 South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance stated that the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 where unconstitutional and therefore null and void.
Federalism
Tariff policy
Nullification Act of 1832
to the us to have a bad economy for a while
Congress passed the Tariff of 1833.
Tariffs being too high in South Carolina
South Catolina, refusing to pay the tariffs on foreign imports.
What caused this was South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification in 1832