In 1828 whencongress passed the tariff of abominations, calhoun joined his fellow southerners in protest.
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Nullification
It was when Jackson was president..congress passsed the act.
Nullification was the idea that the states could declare acts of congress to be unconstitutional. In particular South Carolina objected to the federal tariff while Jackson was president and decided to nullify it and so not collect it or pay it.
Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833