Question

Who wrote Exposition and Protest and emerged by the early 1830s as the most prominent spokesman for the right of nullification?

a. Andrew Jackson.
b. John C. Calhoun.
c. Henry Clay.
d. John Quincy Adams.
e. Daniel Webster.

Answer 1

b. John C. Calhoun.

Step-by-step explanation:

The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, known as Calhoun's Exposition, was written in December 1828 by John C. Calhoun,

Calhoun was Vice President of the United States at the time when John Quincy Adams and Jackson were in turn .

This document, also known as Calhoun Exposition,

exposes Calhoun's doctrine of nullification and sets out the idea that a state has the right to reject federal law. It exposes the reasons for doing that and under which conditions.

Thus, any state has a legitimate right to set aside or strike down any federal law that that state has found to regard as unconstitutional with respect to the Constitution of the United States.