Nullification Crisis Jackson versus Calhoun

Nullification Crisis Jackson Versus Calhoun

Nullification Crisis Jackson Versus Calhoun

Nullification / Secession

Nullification: The right for states to declare federal laws illegal. Secede: The right for states to leave the Union. Nullification: The right for states to declare federal laws illegal. Secede: The right for states to leave the Union.

Nullification / Secession What Caused the Crisis?

Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828 Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828 Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828

Nullification / Secession What Caused the Crisis? Response of South Carolina

South Carolina passed the Ordnance of Nullification Main Points -Grievances - Acts of Congress voided - Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the state. - Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided laws - State officials must swear to uphold the ordnance - Federal aggression to force following voided laws will be met with secession. South Carolina passed the Ordnance of Nullification Main Points Grievances Acts of Congress voided Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the state. Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided laws State officials must swear to uphold the ordnance Federal aggression to force following voided laws will be met with secession.

South Carolina passed the Ordnance of Nullification Main Points Grievances Acts of Congress voided Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the state. Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided laws State officials must swear to uphold the ordnance Federal aggression to force following voided laws will be met with secession. Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828 Nullification: The right for states to declare federal laws illegal. Secede: The right for states to leave the Union.

South Carolina passed the Ordnance of Nullification Main Points Grievances Acts of Congress voided Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the state. Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided laws State officials must swear to uphold the ordnance Federal aggression to force following voided laws will be met with secession. Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828 Nullification: The right for states to declare federal laws illegal. Secede: The right for states to leave the Union. Why does the Ordnance of Nullification end the way it does?

Done in convention at Columbia, the twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and in the fifty-seventh year of the Declaration of the Independence of the United States of America.

South Carolina passed the Ordnance of Nullification Main Points Grievances Acts of Congress voided Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the state. Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided laws State officials must swear to uphold the ordnance Federal aggression to force following voided laws will be met with secession. Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828 Nullification: The right for states to declare federal laws illegal. Secede: The right for states to leave the Union. Why does the Ordnance of Nullification end the way it does? To emphasize the freedoms in the Declaration that they believed were being trampled on.

Nullification / Secession What Caused the Crisis? Response of South Carolina Response of Jackson

Jackson’s response to the Ordnance of Nullification: -The Union will be preserved at all costs -The Federal Government will consider all those who leave the Union by force Traitors. -The Military will be sent in to ensure the constitution is enforced. -The Federal Government will consider all those who leave the Union by force Traitors. Jackson’s response to the Ordnance of Nullification: -The Union will be preserved at all costs

South Carolina passed the Ordnance of Nullification Main Points Grievances Acts of Congress voided Unlawful to enforce voided laws within the state. Federal courts have no jurisdiction over voided laws State officials must swear to uphold the ordnance Federal aggression to force following voided laws will be met with secession. Protective Tariff: A tariff signed into law by President Jackson in 1832 Tariff of Abominations: A tariff that severely taxed the South that was passed in 1828 Nullification: The right for states to declare federal laws illegal. Secede: The right for states to leave the Union. Why does the Ordnance of Nullification end the way it does? To emphasize the freedoms in the Declaration that they believed were being trampled on. -The Military will be sent in to ensure the constitution is enforced. -The Federal Government will consider all those who leave the Union by force Traitors. Jackson’s response to the Ordnance of Nullification: -The Union will be preserved at all costs Resolution of the Problem Henry Clay made a deal with South Carolina. A tariff compromise was made lowering the tariffs slightly, and in return South Carolina repealed the Ordnance of Nullification. The rest of the south declared South Carolina’s course unwise and unconstitutional

Exit Slip Question Explain how the Nullification Crisis impacted Federal and State government relations. –Be sure to include at least 4 ways!