South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
What did the southerners threaten with
Kentucky did not secede to the confederacy; for a time, it declared itself neutral
The whole of Virginia seceded. Then the mountainous Northwestern part of the state seceded from Virginia, and declared a new state of the Union, West Virginia.
When the Confederate States declared themselves an independent contry they withdrew from United States of America, They were no longer 'united'. The union of the states was broken because they were no longer one country. The term for this was secede.
the imiposition of higher tariffs
Congress continued to raise protective tariffs.
the imiposition of higher tariffs
Congress continued to raise protective tariffs.
The case that made secession unconstitutional in the United States was Texas v. White (1869). The Supreme Court ruled that states cannot secede from the Union and declared secession to be illegal. The decision affirmed that the U.S. Constitution does not allow states to unilaterally secede.
South Carolina threatened to secede in 1833 with the Nullification Act.
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.
Trade tariffs
Georgia
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
What did the southerners threaten with
South Carolina thought the tarrif (taxes) were too high, so they threatened to secede