They were unhappy, and eventually they followed South Carolina into secession.
December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.
South Carolina disliked the fact that they would have to bear the problems of the government. The tariffs were used to raise money for the government. The tariff was an abomination amongst the people whom lived there. They believed that Jackson singled South Carolina out just to make John C. Calhoun a stronger Presidential candidate.
It was a challenge to the integrity of the USA and the sovereignty of the Washington government. It was bound to provoke a reaction.
South Carolina strongly opposed this Tariff! They proceeded to create an ordinance of Nullification, deeming the Tariff and it's preceding tariff unconstitutional and not applying to South Carolina.
No. South Carolina seceded on December 20th, 1860, before Lincoln was officially sworn in as President. However, the state did secede as a reaction to Lincoln's election.
They were unhappy, and eventually they followed South Carolina into secession.
...victory of Lincoln in the November 1860 election.
December 1860, when South Carolina seceded, in reaction to Lincoln's election win.
December 1860. It was South Carolina, and this was its reaction to Lincoln's election win.
December 20th 1860. It was a direct reaction to Lincoln's election win on a ticket of no new slave-states.
He would profoundly hope that they could be talked into rejoining the USA.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
The leader of South Carolina's reaction to nullify the tariff of 1826 by Andrew Jackson was politician John C. Calhoun from South Carolina
South Carolina disliked the fact that they would have to bear the problems of the government. The tariffs were used to raise money for the government. The tariff was an abomination amongst the people whom lived there. They believed that Jackson singled South Carolina out just to make John C. Calhoun a stronger Presidential candidate.
Since President Lincoln was elected and promised that he would abolish slavery, the South became angry at him. So, the South divided themselves into serperate states by secceding and becoming "slave states."
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress John C. Calhoun of South Carolina ... Later that year in response to the tariff, Vice President John C. Calhoun of South ...