The document summarizes the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s. South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if forced to collect the high tariffs imposed by the Tariff of Abominations. President Andrew Jackson strongly opposed nullification, stating he would use military force to preserve the Union. In response to the crisis, Congress lowered tariff rates, and South Carolina backed down, avoiding secession for the time being.

1. Constitutional Disputes and
Crisis

2. The Nullification Crisis
 In 1828, Congress passed a tariff called
the tariff of Abominations
 John C. Calhoun, a former War hawk, hated
the tariff and called for nullification
 What is nullification?

3. The Nullification Crisis
 S. C. threatened to pull from the Union if
they were forced to collect the tariff
 Andrew Jackson said the following
 “I can have within the limits of South Carolina fifty
thousand men, and in 40 days another fifty
thousand….the Union will be preserved. The
safety of the republic, the supreme law, which will
be promptly obeyed by me!!”

4. The Nullification Crisis
 As a result of the crisis, Congress lowered
the cost of the tariff
 South Carolina backed down
 The Union was preserved, for now!!

5. The Bank War
 Jackson did not like the bank calling it a
tool for the rich
 Henry Clay and Daniel Webster supported
the bank and formed a political party
called the Whigs

6. The Bank War
 Election of 1832-Whigs nominated Henry
Clay to run for the Presidency
 Jackson won by a landslide
 To destroy the National Bank, Jackson
removed all the Nation’s money from it
and placed it in state banks called “Pet
banks”