Members of Congress supported increasing the US tariff rates, which ranged from 30 to 60%. Southern Democrats did not support high tariffs, but because 1828 was an election year, they believed that passing the tariff would ensure Andrew Jackson's victory. In May 1828, the tariff was passed ...
The Tariff of 1828 had been purposely drafted to make Andrew Jackson appear as a free trade advocate in the South and as a protectionist in the North. After enactment of this measure, Southern cotton producers became deeply alarmed when they learned of British threats to seek other markets, ...
economic problems re-lated to cotton that South Carolina was, and none were willing to go as faras Carolina nullifiers. Other southern states supported President AndrewJackson and denounced the South Carolina radicals for not exhaustingall means of negotiations and compromise. South Carolina’s ...
The Nullification Crisis arose when South Carolina sought to declare the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state.