United States History Question of the Day
Nullification Crisis
John C. Calhoun,
a powerful states' right advocate,
as photographed by Matthew Brady
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In the 1832
nullification crisis
(A) Andrew Jackson
supported the position of South Carolina
(B) Congress temporarily
suspended tariffs throughout the U.S.
(C) South Carolina
declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to be unconstitutional and "null
and void"
(D) John C. Calhoun
in a famous toast, said "Our federal Union—it must and shall be
preserved."
(E)
Calhoun resigned from the U.S. Senate and ran for vice-president so
that he could more vigorously fight for states' rights
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