Question

Began during presidency of John Q. Adams Tariff of 1828 and 1832 States’ rights versus Federal authority John C. Calhoun’s ‘Proclamation to the People of South Carolina’ Concluded during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson Which event are these characteristics describing?

Answer 1

These events are characteristics of the Nullification Crisis.

The Nullification Crisis was a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government over the attempt to declare null and void within the state. The doctrine gained strength with the Southern bitterness over the Tariff of 1828 and the Tariff of 1832 - that slightly modified 1828 one. The South Carolina legislature adopted the Ordinance of Nullification that declared the tariffs bull and void. In 1831 President Andrew Jackson issued his “Proclamation to the People of South Carolina” asserting the supremacy of federal government and warning that disunion by armed force is treason”.