Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author H.W. Brands talked about the 1828 "Tariff of Abomination" and the concept of nullification. He explained the beliefs of Andrew Jackson and ...

What historians have come to call the Nullification Crisis had erupted in November 1832 when South Carolina nullified “the tariff of abominations,” which favored Northern manufacturers over ...

There is another, more insidious way that the immigration fight parallels the nullification crisis. By 1830, it was clear that the South was losing political power in the face of a growing North.

Every so often, people, especially politicians, in certain areas decide that they can do away with federal laws they do not ...

There is another, more insidious way that the immigration fight parallels the nullification crisis. By 1830, it was clear that the South was losing political power in the face of a growing North.