The Nullification Crisis A prelude to the Civil War

Tariffs of Abomination Webster Haynes Debate Early US Tariff Policy Tariffs of Abomination Webster Haynes Debate Ordinance of Nullification Force Bill Henry Clay saves the Day John C. Calhoun & Theory of Nullification

Early U.S tariffs Policy YEAH! The United States adopted a protective tariff policy during the Early Republic. Tariffs were used to make the prices of European manufactured goods more expensive than U.S made goods. Northerners supported tariffs. Southerners opposed tariffs. BOO!

Tariffs of Abomination (1828) President John Q. Adams signed into law a new set of tariffs in 1828. These tariffs affected both Northerners and Southerners. However, the tariffs greatly increased the cost of living in the South. Southerners renamed the tariffs of 1828 the ………

John C. Calhoun (opponent of tariffs) John C. Calhoun was from South Carolina and was Andrew Jackson’s vice president. He anonymously published The Exposition and Protest, an essay pronouncing the tariffs (Tariffs of Abomination) as unconstitutional. He proposed that state’s had the right to nullify federal law within its boundaries they felt were unconstitutional.

Webster-Haynes Debates (1830) A debate held in Congress over Calhoun’s Theory of Nullification. Daniel Webster, a senator from Massachusetts, believed that nullification was illegal and only the Supreme Court had the power to nullify federal law. Congress agreed to lower the tariffs of 1828 and passed a new tariff policy in 1832. The South Carolina still felt they were too high.

South Carolina’s Nullification Ordinance A state convention held in South Carolina, passed the Ordinance of Nullification into law. The Ordinance voided the tariff and banned the collection of the tariff in South Carolina. The Ordinance also stated that South Carolina would secede from the Union if the federal government tried to collect the tariff. NO TO THE DUTIES PROPOSED ON IMPORTS U.S TARIFF POLICY IS TYRANNY!

Andrew Jackson responds Nullification is treason! Spread the word, if I have to come down to South Carolina, I’ll hang the first person talking nullification I can get my hands on. Jackson was a supporter of state rights, but was against secession. He felt that the Union must be preserved at all cost. Congress passed the Force Bill, which authorized Jackson to use the Military against South Carolina.

Henry Clay saves the day I, Andrew Jackson, sets the precedent of using force to keep the Union together. Are you listening Lincoln? Henry Clay got Congress to pass a lower tariff. South Carolina agreed to this tariff and withdrew the Nullification Ordinance. The crisis was over.

The Nullification Crisis Mastering the Grade 8 Social Studies TEKS pg. 204-205 Describe each event along the way from the beginning of the Crisis to its completion. Early US Tariff Policy Tariffs of Abomination Webster Haynes Debate Ordinance of Nullification Force Bill Henry Clay saves the Day John C. Calhoun & Theory of Nullification