Nullification Crisis

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Nullification Crisis

• Jackson versus Calhoun

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Nullification Crisis Jackson Versus Calhoun
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Nullification Crisis Jackson Versus Calhoun
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Nullification / Secession
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Nullification The right for states to declare
federal laws illegal.
Secede The right for states to leave the Union.
Nullification The right for states to declare
federal laws illegal.
Secede The right for states to leave the Union.
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What Caused the Crisis?
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Protective Tariff A tariff signed into law by
President Jackson in 1832
Tariff of Abominations A tariff that severely
taxed the South that was passed in 1828
Protective Tariff A tariff signed into law by
President Jackson in 1832
Protective Tariff A tariff signed into law by
President Jackson in 1832
Tariff of Abominations A tariff that severely
taxed the South that was passed in 1828
Tariff of Abominations A tariff that severely
taxed the South that was passed in 1828
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Response of South Carolina
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South Carolina passed the Ordnance of
Nullification

• Main Points
• Grievances
• Acts of Congress voided
• Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the
  state.
• Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided
  laws
• State officials must swear to uphold the
  ordnance
• Federal aggression to force following voided
  laws will be met with secession.

South Carolina passed the Ordnance of
Nullification
Main Points Grievances Acts of Congress voided
Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the
state. Federal courts have no jurisdiction over
voided laws State officials must swear to uphold
the ordnance Federal aggression to force
following voided laws will be met with secession.
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Why does the Ordnance of Nullification end the
way it does?

• Done in convention at Columbia, the twenty-fourth
  day of November, in the year of our Lord one
  thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and in the
  fifty-seventh year of the Declaration of the
  Independence of the United States of America.

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Response of Jackson
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Jacksons response to the Ordnance of
Nullification -The Union will be preserved at
all costs -The Federal Government will consider
all those who leave the Union by force Traitors.
Jacksons response to the Ordnance of
Nullification -The Union will be preserved at
all costs
-The Military will be sent in to ensure the
constitution is enforced.
-The Federal Government will consider all those
who leave the Union by force Traitors.
-The Military will be sent in to ensure the
constitution is enforced.
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Resolution of the Problem
The rest of the south declared South Carolinas
course unwise and unconstitutional
Henry Clay made a deal with South Carolina. A
tariff compromise was made lowering the tariffs
slightly, and in return South Carolina repealed
the Ordnance of Nullification.
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Exit Slip Question

• Explain how the Nullification Crisis impacted
  Federal and State government relations.
• Be sure to include at least 4 ways!