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What was an act passed by a South Carolina convention that declared that the tariff law of the US would be null and void in South Carolina?
The ordinance of nullification
What caused the Nullification Crisis of 1833?
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.
Who passed through the nullification act?
It was when Jackson was president..congress passsed the act.
What was the nullification crisis and how was it resolved?
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by the Ordinance of Nullification, an attempt by the state of South Carolina to nullify a federal law passed by the United States Congress. The highly protective Tariff of 1828 (also called the "Tariff of Abominations") was enacted into law in 1828 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. Opposed in the South and parts of New England, the expectation of the tariff's opponents was that with the election of Jackson the tariff would be significantly reduced.President Andrew Jackson was prepared to use troops to enforce federal laws, because South Carolina was making a threat that they would secede from the United States.
What is the states refusal recognize an act of congress that it considers unconstitutional?
Nullification
