Tariff
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Nullification Crisis
Nullification History
Tarriff History
100

This was the purpose of the ToA?

To protect emerging northeast industry from British competition

100

Tariff opponents expected Andrew Jackson to do this in 1828?

 Lower the tariff-he didn't do that

100

Calhoun resigned as VP after this event?  

AJ signed tariff of 1832  

100

Nullification says states have this power?  

To declare federal law null and void  

100

Until this was passed in 1913, tarrifs were the main source of govt revenue?  

Income tax law

200
The 1828 tariff rate was set at this percentage

38%

200

Protest document written anonymously by Calhoun in 1828  

South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828)

200

Compromise Tariff of 1833 devised by these two men?  

Calhoun and Clay

200

Two leaders who first proposed nullification in 1798?

Jefferson and Madison  

200

This person pays the tariff?  

The importer (cost may be passed to consumer)

300

This was the **first** protective tariff

Tariff of 1816 (Dallas Tariff)

300

Who said "our Federal Union, it Must be preserved."?

Andrew Jackson

300

Tariff rate in the Compromise Tariff of 1833?

Down to 20% over 10 yrs

300

Idea of Nullification first emerged as a response to?

In response to Alien and Sedition Acts

300

These are the three effects of a protective tarriff  

1)higher prices, 2) higher domestic production, 3) reduced imports

400

This was the  reason South Carolina opposed the ToA?

Felt tariff of 1816 hurt South Carolina

400

Who said "The Union; next to our liberty"?  

John C Calhoun

400

The 1833 Force Bill gave the feds what power?  

The power to use the army to collect tariffs  

400

What protest documents first described nullification in 1798?

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

400

Prior to the war of 1812 tariffs were used only for this purpose  

To raise revenue

500

The ToA was created under this president?  

John Quincy Adams

500

Political position Calhoun had after VP?  

South Carolina senator

500

These states joined SC in nullification viewpoint?

None  

500

Later, the idea of nullification was applied to this issue?  

Fugitive slave laws

500

After the war of 1812 protective tariffs were used for this purpose  

To protect American industry