Asked by Zephyr Benedict

Which of the following was an attempt by states to invoke the doctrine of nullification in American history? Only one of them is right.
A. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1799
B. John C. Calhoun’s Exposition and Protest in 1828
C. the Tariff of 1957
D. the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798

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B. John C. Calhoun’s Exposition and Protest in 1828.

Calhoun’s anonymous "South Carolina Exposition and Protest" argued that a state (South Carolina) could nullify the federal Tariff of 1828 — a direct invocation of the nullification doctrine that led into the Nullification Crisis.