Nullification crisis

Event during the presidency of Andrew Jackson

The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, that involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. It occurred after South Carolina declared the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. The controversial and highly protective Tariff of 1828 was enacted into law during the presidency of John Quincy Adams.

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