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The so-called "nullification controversy" was the declaration by South Carolina in 1830 that federal tariffs were unconstitutional. The threat of South Carolina's actions against the US and the US Constitution ended when US President Andrew Jackson threatened to send federal troops to that state in order to enforce federal tariff laws.
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ProfessorNullification is the theory that a state may declare an act or law of the Federal government, "null and void," not enforceable, within that state. South Carolina invoked that theory and threatened to secede from the Union if the rates of the Tariff of 1832 and 1828 were not reduced. The South considered the rates "protectionist," designed to help the industries of the North, while forcing the southern consumers to pay more for manufactured goods from abroad.
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The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when?
Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833
What issue triggered the argument over nullification?
nullification crisis
What are some examples of sectionalism?
The Nullification Crisis.
The compromise tariff that ended the nullification crisis was authored by?
Henry Clay.
What was the Nullification Crisis a part of a larger disagreement over what?
State's rights
