What was the famous tariff Nullification controversy?

Answer 1

In response to tariffs laid on South Carolina by President Andrew Jackson, a number of South Carolina citizens endorsed the states' rights to nullification of tariffs. South Carolina declared the tariffs of of 1828 and 1832 null and void through the Ordinance of Nullification. This led to President Jackson sending a small amount of naval vessels to South Carolina in November 1832.

Answer 2

read this (it should give you a clear background of it):

By the beginning of 1820's the American economy was faced with downward spiral as a result of several events such as The Panic of 1819 and the failure of The Second Bank of the United States. The states were not able to produce goods cheaply any more. Northern states needed agriculture goods and southern states needed manufactured goods. However southern states could by manufactured goods cheaper from foreign countries than northern states. Abomination tariff of 1828 and tariff of 1832 were passed in order to promote stimulation of northern states' economy. But these tariffs caused disunity in the United States. Southern states came up with a theory of nullification by John C.Calhoun pretending that states has the sovereignty and that states made up the federal government, so that the states has the last word to declare tariffs null and void. But they found Andrew Jackson as an opposing figure who tried to increase American economy.
The federal government had the right to nullify state laws that interfered with the right to hold property in slaves

Answer 3

Southern states wanted to nullify tariffs