Nullification crisis

Tariffs: Good or Bad?
 Main cause of
Nullification Crisis
 Depended on region

North: “Good!” 
 Tariffs helped factory industries
 Daniel Webster supported them

South: “Bad!” 
-Consumed large amount
of manufactured goods
-Very expensive
-Agricultural industry
-Interferes with slavery?

Tariff of Abominations
 aka Tariff of 1828
 Outrageous rates for
South
 Set stage for Crisis

Tariff of 1832
 Began the Crisis
 Much milder than
Tariff of 1828
 Didn’t meet Southern
demands

“Nullies”
 Met in Columbia
 Ordinance of
Nullification
 Threatened to leave
Union

Robert Y. Hayne

President Jackson’s response:
 Firmly against
nullification
 Military instincts
 Secretly threatened
to hang nullies

South Carolina vs. Jackson
 Ships were sent to Charleston Harbor
 Force Bill of 1833 aka “Bloody Bill”

Along came Henry Clay…
 Against Andrew
Jackson
 Threw support
behind compromise
 Helped reduce
conflict

Compromise Tariff of 1833
 Gradually reduced
Tariff of 1832
 Over a period of 8
years
 Allowed South
Carolinians to keep
dignity

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