How did the nullification crisis affect the American Civil War and how did Andrew Jackson respond to it?
There was a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in the late 19th century.The nullification doctrine, the constitutional theory that upheld the right of states to nullify federal acts within their boundaries, was undermined by the resolution of the nullified crisis.
There was a conflict between the federal government of the United States and the state of South Carolina.It was driven by a South Carolina politician who argued that the U.S. Constitution gave states the right to block enforcement of a federal law.The tariffs were declared null, void, and nonbinding by the state in November of 1832.U.S. presidentThe supremacy of the federal government was asserted by Andrew Jackson in December.
If the federal government tried to enforce the null and void tariffs, South Carolina threatened to leave the union.U.S. presidentCongress passed the Force Bill, authorizing the federal use of force to enforce the collection of tariffs, after Andrew Jackson declared that states did not have the right of nullification.The compromise tariff of 1833 was engineered by Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, which gradually lowered tariffs over the next 10 years.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions passed by the legislatures of those states in 1798 gave South Carolina the right to block federal tariffs on nullification.The union was a compact of states and the federal government was their agent, according to Jefferson.According to Jefferson, the states had the power to void acts of the federal government if they exceeded their powers.
Although the nullification crisis was about South Carolina's refusal to collect federal tariffs, many historians believe it was actually about growing Southern fears over the abolition of slavery in the North.South Carolina threatened to break away if it was forced to pay the tariffs.Some three decades later, 11 Southern states claimed that their sovereignty gave them the right to leave the union.The victory of the federal government in the American Civil War resolved the constitutional question.