QUIZ 25 - Class 27: Jacksonian Days Film, Chapter 8 | T: 5,10, P: 145

Tariff of 1828 Controversy

Increased tariff rates b/c wanted to embarass NE Adams by NE HoR Reps voting no

ex. 45% wool

- Backfired:

1. NE HoR Reps voted yes

2. Extremely high tariff on British/French goods

John C Calhoun

Jackson's VP, SC Warhawk

- Political ambition: President

- "Hot button controversy" -> SC Exposition and Protest

SC Exposition and Protest

The anonymous document, allegedly written by Calhoun stating:

1. Nulify federal law in SC

2. Sede Union

- X tariff

- Support states rights

Compact Theory of Union

States voluntarily created constitution = voluntary sede

- Calhoun POV

Election of 1828

Jackson Victory

Great Southern Fear

End of chattel slavery by Congress

South Carolina Mail Reaction

Denied federal authority B/C burnt and censored mail by the Congress-ran postal system

Jackson Bank of US

Attacked/destroyed the Bank of US B/C Panic of 1819 called in his personal loans due to debt

- Distributed Bank of US funds to state wildcat banks

Peggy Eaton

The Secretary of State's wife under Jackson

- A hoe

Theory of Nullification

Daniel Webster viewed this theory by Calhoun as dividing, and wanted the union to stay together, along with abolishing slavery

Long Knife

Andrew Jackson's nickname because of his native-killing tendencies and policies

Worchester v. Georgia

The Supreme Court ruling ignored by Jackson which stated the Natives had the right to stay on their land

Nat Turner

The Virginian slave who led a revolt in South Hampton, VA

- K 60 whites

Jackson at Jefferson Day Dinner

Stated that states rights and succession were unable to be carried out by South Carolina thru. nullification B/C protect Union

Calhoun at Jefferson Day Dinner

Stated that South Carolina had the right to nullfication and secession, along with the Tariff of 1828/1832 being unconstitutional

Force Bill (1833)

Jackson's bill in response to South Carolina nullifying the Tariff of 1832, allowing the army and navy to enter and forcibly collect tariff duties

Compromise of 1833

It was a new tariff proposed by Henry Clay and John Calhoun that gradually lowered the tariff to the level of the tariff of 1816. This compromise avoided civil war and upheld the union for another 30 years.

Gag Rule

1835 law passed by Southern congress which made it illegal to talk of abolition or anti-slavery arguments in Congress

The Greatest Jackson Failure

Allowing South Carolina to censor US mail