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	AllRefer.com - nullification (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions declared (1799) nullification to be the rightful remedy by the states for all unauthorized acts done under the pretext of the Constitution.
		A closely reasoned reinforcement to the doctrine of nullification was set forth : in response to the tariff of 1828, which favored Northern interests at the expense of the South : by John C. Calhoun in his South Carolina Exposition (1828).
		This ordinance declared the tariff laws null and void, and a series of enactments in South Carolina put the state in a position to resist by force any attempt of the federal government to carry the tariff act into operation.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/nullific.html (477 words)

	Nullification Crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United States, the Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson over the issue of protective tariffs.
		South Carolina dealt with the tariff by adopting the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared both the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within state borders.
		Nullification was only the most recent in a series of state challenges to the authority of the federal government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nullification_crisis (678 words)

	Nullification Crisis
		Nullification, as it pertains to legislation, denotes the synthesized condition under which a law or governmental decree is rendered null and void within the boundaries of a particular state.
		The ensuing nullification crisis created an air of disunity in the United States as is evidenced by the actions of Vice President John C. Calhoun, the actions of President Andrew Jackson, and the responses of South Carolinians to the Tariff of 1828 and its resulting nullification.
		The nullification crisis created an air of disunity in the United States as is evidenced by the actions of Vice President John C. Calhoun, the actions of President Andrew Jackson, and the responses of South Carolinians to the Tariff of 1828 and its resulting nullification.
	www.angelfire.com /fl5/siflinger/NULLIFICATION (778 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 379, NULLIFICATION: Library of Economics and Liberty
		NULLIFICATION (IN), the formal suspension by a state government of the operation of a law of the United States within the territory under the jurisdiction of the state.
		The protectionists declared the nullification vote to be a sine qua non, and their leader, Clayton, of Delaware, moved to table the bill, acknowledging that it was his intention to kill it, and leave South Carolina and the president to decide the enforcement of the existing tariff.
		Nullification was evidently still-born, though the good nature of congress gave an opportunity to perform the last rites of sepulture over it by formally repealing it.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy770.html (2797 words)

	"Nullification, Secession, and John Caldwell Calhoun: The Philosophy and Thought Which Led a State" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The words "nullification" and "secession" either describe the core values of the States’ Rights movement, the means by which the Union was nearly destroyed, or simply have no meaning at all.
		According to Ames, nullification was the way in which there could be a "theoretical reconciliation" of individual state sovereignty and the existing federal government (6).
		By a vote of 136 Yeas to 26 Nays, the Ordinance of Nullification was passed, and the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were "null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State, its officers, or citizens" (Bancroft, 129).
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	Jackson's Proclamation to South Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Whereas, the said ordinance prescribes to the people of South Carolina a course of conduct in direct violation of their duty as citizens of the United States, contrary to the laws of their country, subversive of its Constitution, and having for its object the destruction of the Union.
		The ordinance declares there shall be no appeal-makes the state law paramount to the Constitution and laws of the United States, forces judges and jurors to swear that they will disregard their provisions, and even makes it penal in a suitor to attempt relief by appeal.
		On such expositions and reasonings the ordinance grounds not only an assertion of the right to annul the laws of which it complains but to enforce it by a threat of seceding from the Union if any attempt is made to execute them.
	www.sagehistory.net /history121/part2/JacksonProcSC.htm (2789 words)

	The Avalon Project : South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, November 24, 1832.
		The Avalon Project : South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, November 24, 1832.
		South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, November 24, 1832.
		An ordinance to nullify certain acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws laying duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/sc/ordnull.htm (127 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Nullification
		Nullification, in the history of American political theory, the alleged right of a state to suspend operation of a federal law within its boundaries....
		When the United States Congress passed a tariff in 1832 that South Carolina opposed, nullification advocates in the state called a special...
		South Carolina's ordinance of nullification, excerpts of which follow, was a manifesto for states' rights.
	encarta.msn.com /Nullification.html (107 words)

	Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Thomas Jefferson and James Madison advocated nullification in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798.
		The legislature called for a special state convention, and on Nov. 24, 1832, the convention adopted the Ordinance of Nullification.
		As a consequence of the nullification crisis, Jackson emerged a hero to nationalists.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9056484 (344 words)

	Nullification Proclamation: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)
		The Compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the nullification crisis.
		Negative reaction to the Tariff Act of 1828 and the Tariff Act of 1832 led to the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification.
		Thirty years later, Harper's New Monthly Magazine and The Old Guard also examined the nullification crisis in the context of the ongoing Civil War.
	www.loc.gov /rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Nullification.html (557 words)

	BANKS AND - Online Information article about BANKS AND
		nullification (q.v.), which was generally attributed, correctly enough, to the authorship of Calhoun.
		The president had already asked Congress to reduce the duties; and many Democratic members of Congress, who had yielded to the popular clamour for protection, were very glad to use " the crisis " as an excuse for now voting against it.
		Calhoun and his followers claimed this as all that the nullification ordinance had aimed at; and the ordinance was formally repealed.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAI_BAR/BANKS_AND.html (4704 words)

	Calhoun, John Caldwell -> Nullification on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As the preeminent spokesman for the South, Calhoun tried to reconcile the preservation of the Union with the fact that under the Union the South's dominant agricultural economy was being neglected and even injured for the benefit of the ever-increasing commercial and industrial power of the North.
		When a still higher tariff replaced (1832) the Tariff of Abominations of 1828, he maintained that the Constitution, rightly interpreted, gave a state the power to nullify federal legislation inimical to its interests.
		He returned to South Carolina, had a state convention called, and directed the passage of the famous ordinance of nullification.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Calhoun_Nullification.asp (180 words)

	nullification on Encyclopedia.com
		Between local knowledge and national politics: debating rationales for jury nullification after Bushell's Case.
		Jury nullification: when jurors leave the law behind.
		Appeals court sets new rules for judges on `jury nullification': `Juror's purposeful unwillingness to apply the law' is deemed grounds for removal.(Nation)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/n1/nullific.asp (768 words)

	BACKGROUND TO THE CIVIL WAR: COMPROMISE TO CONFLICT
		This basically stated that if the Federal Government made laws that were favorable to one section of the country over another, then a state had the right to declare that law null and void.
		It was agreed to lower the tariff to levels of the early 1800's and in return, South Carolina agreed to withdraw the Ordinance of Nullification.
		The issue of whether or not a state could secede from the Union was not settled at this time and as a result would remain a constant threat used by the South.
	www.angelfire.com /pa2/8science8/CTOCNOTE1.html (1844 words)

	Andrew Jackson aka Action Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (1832) — A decision of South Carolina to nullify the Tariff Acts of 1828 and the prolonged tariff duties on textiles and iron imposed by congress
		The major conflict of Jackson’s administration was the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification.
		Though he admitted the state’s complaints about taxation were valid, he insisted that it was not the state’s right to revoke federal laws.
	valusha.tripod.com /Pres/anjack.htm (988 words)

	Nullification Crisis
		In response, a number of South Carolina citizens endorsed the states' rights principle of "nullification," which was enunciated by John C. Calhoun, Jackson's vice president until 1832, in his South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828).
		There had been a continuing contest between the states and the national government over the power of the
		Clay's tariff bill -- quickly passed in 1833 -- specified that all duties in excess of 20 percent of the value of the goods imported were to be reduced by easy stages, so that by 1842, the duties on all articles would reach the level of the moderate tariff of 1816.
	cybersleuth-kids.com /americanhistory/chapter5/nullification.htm (507 words)

	nullification
		declared (1799) nullification to be the rightful remedy by the states for all unauthorized acts done under the pretext of the Constitution.
		A closely reasoned reinforcement to the doctrine of nullification was set forth—in response to the tariff of 1828, which favored Northern interests at the expense of the South—by John C. Calhoun
		Appeals court sets new rules for judges on `jury nullification': `Juror's purposeful unwillingness to apply the law' is deemed grounds for removal.(Nation) (The Washington Times)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0836166.html (455 words)

	Welcome to The American Presidency
		Jackson's administrations were highlighted by the frustration of sectional attempts to weaken the central government by state nullification of federal law, and by the President's confrontation with the Bank of the United States.
		This had led him to anonymous but well-known propagation of the theory of nullification, which affirmed a state's right to nullify an act of the national government that it felt to be unconstitutional.
		Calhoun, now a senator after his resignation as vice president, defended his state's Nullification Ordinance of Nov. 24, 1832, and Jackson responded with a forceful Nullification Proclamation and a call for a force bill to authorize military suppression of any defiance of federal law.
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	nullification -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Doctrine upholding the right of a U.S. state to declare null and void an act of the federal government.
		The South Carolina legislature agreed by passing the Ordinance of Nullification (1832), threatening to secede if the federal government forced collection of the 1828 tariff duties.
		The South Carolina legislature rescinded its ordinance, but the conflict highlighted the danger of nullification.
	britannica.com /ebc/article-9373751?tocId=9373751&query=null&ct=null (149 words)

	South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		South Carolina and other southern states were upset when Congress passed the Tariff of 1828 which Southerners dubbed the "Tariff of Abominations." Southerners saw the tariff as protecting Northern industry at the expense of the South, and as unconstitutionally expanding the powers of the federal government.
		And it is further Ordained, That it shall not be lawful for any of the constituted authorities, whether of this State or of the United States, to enforce payment of the duties imposed by said acts....
		[and] it shall be the duty of the [South Carolina] Legislature to adopt such measures and pass such acts as may be necessary to give full effect to this Ordinance....
	www.pinzler.com /ushistory/scordofnulsupp.html (300 words)

	History 2773 - Saunders - Study Guide Instructions
		The SC legislature authorized a convention, which adopted an ordinance nullifying the tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
		The ordinance prohibited the collection of duties within the state, forbade appeal to the Supreme Court on any case about the tariff, and asserted that any attempt through force on the part of the federal gov. to collect the tariff would be grounds for seccession.
		Senator Robert Y Hayne (SC) and Sen Daniel Webster (Mass) held a famous debate on the floor of the Senate, showing the continued level of controversy over the issue of the nature of the union.
	www.clt.astate.edu /lsaunders/2763note111402.htm (2498 words)

	MMMO.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The potential of a civil war was general knowledge at the time this revelation was allegedly given.
		The State of South Carolina had passed a tariff nullification ordinance on November 24, 1832.
		Newspapers quickly carried this information all over the country, one even before the actual passing of the tariff nullification ordinance on November 24, 1832.
	www.mmmo.org /articlesofinterest/falseproph.htm (2297 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: nullification @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NULLIFICATION [nullification] in U.S. history, a doctrine expounded by the advocates of extreme states' rights.
		Bibliography: See C. Boucher, The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina (1916, repr.
		1968); C. Wiltse, John C. Calhoun: Nullifier, 1829-1839 (1949); W. Freehling, ed., The Nullification Era (1967); M. Peterson, Olive Branch and Sword: The Compromise of 1833 (1982).
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:nullific&... (441 words)

	Nullification and Secession
		The Ordinance of Nullification (null-ih-fi-KAY-shun) was passed by the state of South Carolina in 1832.
		The Ordinance of Nullification was passed by the state in November 1832.
		This new law said that the tax could be ignored; it was against the rights of states and against the constitution.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_35_4.html (448 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1994): Chapter Five: Nullification Crisis (5/11)
		From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1994): Chapter Five: Nullification Crisis (5/11)
		Toward the end of his first term in office, Jackson was forced to confront the state of South Carolina on the issue of the protective tariff.
		But South Carolina, by its show of resistance, had obtained many of the demands it sought, and had demonstrated that a single state could force its will on Congress.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/H/1994/ch5_p5.htm (534 words)

	sectionalconflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		South Carolina held a convention, adopted ORDINANCE OF NULLIFICATION declared the legislation to be null and void in the state and none of the duties would be collected.
		The Union will be preserved and treason and rebellion promptly put down.” He asked Congress for legislation to enforce the tariff duties and Congress enacted the FORCE BILL OF 1833.
		Congress reduced the tariff rates and South Carolina repealed ORDINANCE OF NULLIFICATION.
	www.udel.edu /poscir/suedavis/sectionalconflict.htm (580 words)

	South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
		In November 1832, the South Carolina State government met to discuss the on going problem.
		No real solution seemed to be in sight, so they drafted the Ordinance of Nullification, on November 23, 1832.
		Nullification had no effect on the later secession of the states.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_35_12.html (418 words)

	First Ladies' Curriculum: States Rights: 1798-1860
		The purpose of this lesson is to familiarize students in depth with a major concept that guided many debates during the first century of our nationâs history.Â They will see the interplay of events and how the idea of Statesâ Rights, often referred to as ânullification,â grew and developed.Â Â Â
		Jacksonâs response to the Ordinance of Nullification (1832)Â
		The students will create a timeline specific to the utilization of the Statesâ Rights doctrine and will note how the ideas change and become more specific as time passes.
	www.firstladies.org /curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=1271 (233 words)

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