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The nullification confrontation of 1832 - 1833 between President Andrew Jackson and South Carolina John C. Calhoun concerned

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Calhoun, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and argued that the U.S. Constitution gave states the right to block the enforcement of a federal law. In November 1832 South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs null, void, and nonbinding in the state.

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