Nullification Crisis

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United States history event constitutional crisis political crisis

The Nullification Crisis was an early 1830s political confrontation between the U.S. federal government and South Carolina over the state's attempt to nullify federal tariffs, testing the limits of states' rights and federal authority.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Nullification Crisis canonical	13
Nullification Controversy	1
Nullification Proclamation of 1832	1
Ordinance of Nullification	1
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification	1
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification of 1832	1
South Carolina nullification crisis	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States history event ⓘ constitutional crisis ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nullification Crisis ⓘ surface form: Nullification Controversy
conflictBetween	South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ surface form: South Carolina state government United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
constitutionalIssue	interpretation of the Supremacy Clause ⓘ scope of state sovereignty ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1833 ⓘ
followedBy	increasing North–South sectional conflict ⓘ
governmentAction	passage of the Force Bill in 1833 ⓘ
hasCause	Tariff of 1828 ⓘ Tariff of 1832 ⓘ
hasEffect	assertion of federal supremacy ⓘ heightened sectional tensions ⓘ precedent for secessionist arguments ⓘ strengthening of presidential authority ⓘ temporary resolution of tariff dispute ⓘ
involves	Compromise Tariff of 1833 ⓘ Act of Congress ⓘ surface form: Force Bill Nullification Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ordinance of Nullification
keyFigure	Andrew Jackson ⓘ Daniel Webster ⓘ Henry Clay ⓘ John C. Calhoun ⓘ Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ
legalBasisClaimedBySouthCarolina	compact theory of the Union ⓘ doctrine of nullification ⓘ
location	South Carolina ⓘ
mainSubject	federal authority ⓘ states' rights ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ
opposedBy	Unionists in South Carolina ⓘ
partOf	Antebellum period ⓘ surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
positionOfAndrewJackson	rejection of state nullification ⓘ
positionOfJohnCCalhoun	support for state nullification ⓘ
precededBy	debates over the Tariff of 1828 ⓘ
relatedTo	American Civil War causes ⓘ states' rights doctrine ⓘ
resolvedBy	Compromise Tariff of 1833 ⓘ political negotiation ⓘ
significance	early test of states' rights doctrine ⓘ foreshadowing of the American Civil War ⓘ
startTime	1832 ⓘ
stateAction	Nullification Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification of 1832
supportedBy	nullifiers in South Carolina ⓘ
temporalContext	Andrew Jackson presidency ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Jacksonian era → hasPart → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Carolina nullification crisis

Winfield Scott → participantIn → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Andrew Jackson → notableWork → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nullification Proclamation of 1832

Antebellum period → significantEvent → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Nullification Crisis → alsoKnownAs → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nullification Controversy

Nullification Crisis → involves → Nullification Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ordinance of Nullification

Nullification Crisis → stateAction → Nullification Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification of 1832

John C. Calhoun → participantIn → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Andrew Jackson presidency → majorEvent → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

History of Charleston, South Carolina → involvedInEvent → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Tariff of 1828 → contributedTo → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Tariff of 1832 → significantEvent → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Tariff of 1832 → temporalContext → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Compromise Tariff of 1833 → aimedToResolve → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Compromise Tariff of 1833 → relatedEvent → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Compromise Tariff of 1833 → cause → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification

Nullifier Party → historicalContext → Nullification Crisis ⓘ

Second Party System → associatedWithEvent → Nullification Crisis ⓘ