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Andrew Jackson

Presidency

What was the Nullification Crisis?

The nullification crisis arose around the claims by some political leaders in South Carolina—including Jackson’s first vice president John C. Calhoun—that a state could nullify federal laws that it found unconstitutional and not worthy of respect. South Carolina advocated the nullification doctrine after the U.S. Congress passed a tariff bill that state leaders found unwise and unfair.



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