1. THE NULLIFICATION
CRISIS

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

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

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

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

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

7. “Nullies”
 Met in Columbia
 Ordinance of
Nullification
 Threatened to leave
Union
Robert Y. Hayne

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

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

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

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