1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
marin [14]
3 years ago
8

How did the nullification crisis challenge federal authority over states?

History
1 answer:
jasenka [17]3 years ago
5 0

Toward the end of his first term in office, Jackson was forced to confront the state of South Carolina on the issue of the protective tariff. Business and farming interests in the state had hoped that Jackson would use his presidential power to modify tariff laws they had long opposed. In their view, all the benefits of protection were going to Northern manufacturers, and while the country as a whole grew richer, South Carolina grew poorer, with its planters bearing the burden of higher prices.

The protective tariff passed by Congress and signed into law by Jackson in 1832 was milder than that of 1828, but it further embittered many in the state. In response, a number of South Carolina citizens endorsed the states' rights principle of "nullification," which was enunciated by John C. Calhoun, Jackson's vice president until 1832, in his South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828). South Carolina dealt with the tariff by adopting the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared both the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within state borders. The legislature also passed laws to enforce the ordinance, including authorization for raising a military force and appropriations for arms.

Nullification was only the most recent in a series of state challenges to the authority of the federal government. There had been a continuing contest between the states and the national government over the power of the latter, and over the loyalty of the citizenry, almost since the founding of the republic. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, for example, had defied the Alien and Sedition Acts, and in the Hartford Convention, New England voiced its opposition to President Madison and the war against the British.

In response to South Carolina's threat, Jackson sent seven small naval vessels and a man-of-war to Charleston in November 1832. On December 10, he issued a resounding proclamation against the nullifiers. South Carolina, the president declared, stood on "the brink of insurrection and treason," and he appealed to the people of the state to reassert their allegiance to that Union for which their ancestors had fought.

When the question of tariff duties again came before Congress, it soon became clear that only one man, Senator Henry Clay, the great advocate of protection (and a political rival of Jackson), could pilot a compromise measure through Congress. Clay's tariff bill -- quickly passed in 1833 -- specified that all duties in excess of 20 percent of the value of the goods imported were to be reduced by easy stages, so that by 1842, the duties on all articles would reach the level of the moderate tariff of 1816.

Nullification leaders in South Carolina had expected the support of other Southern states, but without exception, the rest of the South declared South Carolina's course unwise and unconstitutional. Eventually, South Carolina rescinded its action. Both sides, nevertheless, claimed victory. Jackson had committed the federal government to the principle of Union supremacy. But South Carolina, by its show of resistance, had obtained many of the demands it sought, and had demonstrated that a single state could force its will on Congress.

You might be interested in
Please help!!!
Vedmedyk [2.9K]

Answer:

The correct answer is B. The New Deal ended in 1938 partly because conservative opposition blocked new legislation.

Explanation:

New Deal is the name of the economic policy pursued by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration since 1933 with the goal of overcoming the large-scale economic crisis (Great Depression) that swept the United States from 1929 to 1933.

New Deal economic programs were conducted through Congress during Roosevelt's first presidential term in 1933-1936. Their goal was to alleviate the situation of the unemployed, restore the economy and reform the financial system in order to prevent the recurrence of the Great Depression. The Democratic Party, which supported the New Deal, expressed the interests of white southerners, ethnic minorities, and trade unions. The Republican Party was split during this period, some of the Republicans remained in opposition to Roosevelt’s policies, believing that it was contrary to the interests of business, and the other part partially supported it. Proponents of the reform formed the “New Deal Coalition”, which spoke in a united front until the 1960s, but from 1938 to 1964 the Congress was controlled by the opposition “conservative coalition”. As a result, many New Deal economic programs, such as the unemployed job placement program, were curtailed by the end of World War II.

6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
7. Which of the following would be a reason for the government creating regulation on businesses?
gtnhenbr [62]
A. To create safe working conditions for the American workers
8 0
3 years ago
Will mark branliest thanks
deff fn [24]
1. The Russian were in a civil war against the Soviets. They were to worried about the war against the Soviets.

2. They believed Germany was still a threat and they wanted to make Germany as less of a threat as they could so the did not let Germany participate in the treaty of Versailles.
4 0
3 years ago
By remilitarizing Germany, Hitler violated
8_murik_8 [283]
<span>By remilitarizing Germany, Hitler violated the treaty of Versailles. Therefore the answer would be D</span>
6 0
3 years ago
What were the 3 main countries that colonized North America?
Svetradugi [14.3K]
Canada, USA, and Mexico
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • 38. In 1889, the discovery of gold and copper led the rapid development of the northern Great Plains. Which of the following pla
    7·1 answer
  • How would you organize a story about your life, and what would you include? Check all that apply. I would begin writing about th
    13·1 answer
  • Demand pull inflation when the demand for goods
    5·1 answer
  • The French responded to British colonization on the East Coast of North America by _____.
    15·1 answer
  • Which of the following is NOT a primary reason settlers came to the continent of North America?
    6·1 answer
  • Which island is a popular recreational spot in Texas?
    6·2 answers
  • The Ku Klux Klan resurfaced in the 1920s with a deep hatred for which grou
    10·2 answers
  • Which of the following describes movement in geography?
    8·2 answers
  • Fill in the blanks:
    11·1 answer
  • Which political party believes that we need government services to provide equal opportunity and higher taxes for the rich?
    12·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!