Nullification Nullification CrisisCrisis

Jackson versus CalhounJackson 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.

Nu

llifica

tion

/

Sece

ssio

n

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 / SecessionW

hat

Cause

d t

he C

risi

s?

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 NullificationMain PointsGrievances

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.

Sout

h Car

olin

a

pass

ed th

e

Ordna

nce

of

Nullifi

catio

n

Main

Poin

ts

Grieva

nces

Act

s of

Con

gres

s vo

ided

Unl

awfu

l to

enfo

rce

void

ed la

ws with

in th

e st

ate.

Fed

eral cou

rts h

ave

no ju

risdi

ction

over

voide

d laws

Sta

te o

fficials m

ust s

wear t

o up

hold

the

ordn

ance

Fed

eral a

ggre

ssion

to fo

rce

follo

wing

void

ed la

ws will

be

met

with sec

essio

n.

Prot

ectiv

e Ta

riff:

A tariff

sig

ned

into

law b

y Pr

esid

ent J

acks

on in

1832

Tariff

of A

bom

inat

ions

: A ta

riff th

at

seve

rely

taxe

d th

e So

uth

that

was

pas

sed

in 1

828 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 NullificationMain PointsGrievances

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.

Pro

tect

ive T

ari

ff:

A t

ari

ff s

ign

ed

in

to law

by P

resi

den

t Ja

ckso

n in

1

83

2

Tari

ff o

f A

bom

inati

on

s: A

tari

ff t

hat

severe

ly t

axed

th

e S

ou

th t

hat

was

pass

ed

in

18

28

Secede: The right for states to leave the Union.

Why does the Ordnance of Nullification end the way it does?

Why does the Ordnance of Why does the Ordnance of Nullification end the way it does?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 NullificationMain PointsGrievances

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.

Pro

tect

ive T

ari

ff:

A t

ari

ff s

ign

ed

in

to law

by P

resi

den

t Ja

ckso

n in

1

83

2

Tari

ff o

f A

bom

inati

on

s: A

tari

ff t

hat

severe

ly t

axed

th

e S

ou

th t

hat

was

pass

ed

in

18

28

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.

Nu

llifica

tion

/ S

ece

ssion

What Caused the Crisis?

Resp

onse

of

South

Caro

lina

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 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 NullificationMain PointsGrievances

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.

Pro

tectiv

e T

ariff

: A ta

riff sig

ned

in

to la

w b

y P

resid

en

t Jackso

n in

1

83

2

Tariff

of A

bom

inatio

ns: A

tariff

that

severe

ly ta

xed

the S

ou

th th

at w

as p

asse

d

in 1

82

8

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.

-Th

e M

ilita

ry w

ill b

e s

en

t in

to e

nsu

re t

he c

on

stit

uti

on

is

en

forc

ed

.

-Th

e F

ed

era

l G

overn

men

t w

ill c

on

sid

er

all

those

wh

o leave t

he U

nio

n b

y f

orc

e T

rait

ors

.

Jack

son

’s r

esp

on

se t

o t

he

Ord

nan

ce o

f N

ulli

fica

tion

:-T

he U

nio

n w

ill b

e p

rese

rved

at

all

cost

sResolution 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!