Nullification & The Bank War

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Nullification

South Carolina was angered over the Tariff of 1828 and it’s increase in 1832 Feared growing power of federal

government

Would slavery be next?

South Carolina was 55% black

Feared slave revolts

Nullification

Vice President John C. Calhoun anonymously writes The South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828) Reflecting the ideas of Jefferson and

Madison in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, Calhoun argued in favor of nullification

Nullification – a state has the right to void a law passed by Congress if deemed unconstitutional

Nullification

South Carolina refuses to pay tariffs Threatens secession

Jackson has Congress pass the Force Bill Force Bill – Jackson could authorize

army and navy to collect customs duties

Henry Clay negotiates a compromise to gradually reduce the tariff beginning in 1833

I’ll hang Calhoun!