Nullification Background Information write on back of Nullification

Nullification Background Information write on back of Nullification graphic organizer • Protective tariffs, tax on imported goods, had long been a topic of debate and discord in the United States. Industrial NORTH favored the tariff, however, the SOUTH did not like the tariff.

Nullification Background Information write on back of Nullification graphic organizer • Congress, in 1828, adopted a very high tariff; the southerners called it the TARIFF of ABOMINATIONS. • The tariff was in place to promote American Industry – favored the North

Nullification (Andrew Jackson) • Calhoun expected Andrew Jackson to reject the protective tariff. After all, Jackson was not a supporter of the tariff • South Carolina legislature nullified, void, protective tariff and prohibited the collection of federal tariffs in South Carolina if not settled by Feb of 1833

• Jackson was a supporter of states’ rights; however, he drew the line at nullification and succession. • Jackson said that succession is treason and the army will be sent in if a state secedes. • Enforced the Force Bill which gave Jackson the authority to use troops to enforce federal law in South Carolina

Nullification John C. Calhoun • From South Carolina • He opposed the tariff • Slavery would require a stronger defense of states’ rights • South Carolina threatened to secede, leave, the Union if the federal government used force against South Carolina

Nullification John C. Calhoun • Calhoun resigns as vice president under Jackson and becomes a South Carolina senator

Crisis Avoided – Back of Graphic Organizer • Congress reduced the tariff – this reduced South Carolinas anger • South Carolina still nullified the Force Bill • The difficult question of Nullification and secession, however, had been postponed rather than resolved