The 1832 nullification crisis grew out of the resistance of southern states to the Tariff of Abominations. |
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The most serious confrontation between the federal government and the states had come in the nullification crisis of the 1830s. |
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The nullification crisis made President Jackson a hero to nationalists. |
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Rhetoric about the tariff notwithstanding, most historians now argue that it was slavery, not economic issues, that was at the heart of the Nullification Crisis. |
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The Nullification Crisis had made the threat of disunion seem more menacing than ever before and prompted some people to perceive sectional alignments more strongly than they had in the past. |
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In 1832, the Ordinance of Nullification declared federal tariff laws unconstitutional and not to be enforced in the state, leading to the Nullification Crisis. |
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