Question

What was the nullification crisis and how was it resolved? Write your answer in 2-3 sentences.

Answer 1

The Nullification Crisis (1832–33) was a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government after South Carolina declared the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state and threatened to secede if the tariffs were enforced. President Andrew Jackson responded with a show of force (the Force Bill) and prepared to enforce federal law, while Congress passed Henry Clay’s Compromise Tariff of 1833 to gradually lower rates; South Carolina then repealed its nullification ordinance (though it symbolically nullified the Force Bill).