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John C. Calhoun’s (from South Carolina) response to high tariffs was that.

a) the federal government was right to use tariffs to raise revenue.
(b) states had the right to nullify tariff laws that they felt did not serve their citizens.
(c) tariff revenue should only be spent in the states from which the duties were collected.
(d) high tariffs were necessary to protect southern agriculture

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I think the answer is B. States had the right to nullify tariff laws that they felt did not serve their citizens.
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