Union at Risk: Jacksonian Democracy, States' Rights and the Nullification Crisis

by Richard E. Ellis

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The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 is undeniably the most important major event of Andrew Jackson's two presidential terms. Attempting to declare null and void the high tariffs enacted by Congress in the late 1820s, the state of South Carolina declared that it had the right to ignore those national laws that did not suit it. Responding swiftly and decisively, Jackson issued a Proclamation reaffirming the primacy of the national government and backed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:019506187X

ISBN13:9780195061871

Release Date:December 1989

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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