Nullification Crisis
- South Carolina did not like the protective tariff
o believed it was a state’s right to nullify and not collect the tax or void a law they believed to be unconstitutional
- John C. Calhoun of South Carolina was Jackson’s VP
- 1832, South Carolina legislature nullified the tariff
o threatened to secede from the Union if federal government used force
- Jackson did not agree with this
o Calhoun resigned
- Jackson did get Congress to lower the tariff and South Carolina backed down
