• Manifest Destiny, a phrase first used in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas, declared that it was America’s destiny to spread west, all the way to the Pacific Ocean. This term was used by the United States to justify taking Native American land and forcing them to relocate to reservations, thus changing Native American culture and life forever.
• The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865 during the Civil War, abolished slavery throughout the United States. This amendment eventually ended the Civil War, created economic and political changes in the United States, especially in the South, and introduced the Black Codes and the Ku Klux Klan to the United States.
• Radical Republicans, a group in Republican Party in the 1850’s and 1860’s, …show more content…
In doing so, he passed the tariff of 1828, which raised taxes on imported manufactured goods made of wool, and raw materials. This tariff brought along great opposition from the South, particularly South Carolina. The state’s leaders thought it would be impossible to compete with the North for industrial power. They insisted that the tariff on imported manufactured goods raised the prices paid by southerners to benefit the North, and the legislature of South Carolina threatened to nullify, or declare null and void, the tariff within their state. At the time, South Carolina was controlled by a small group of large planters, and they kept their power by a state constitution that gave plantation counties more representation than their legislation called for (Give Me Liberty, p. …show more content…
Other states said they would join South Carolina’s cause, but none ever did, so South Carolina had to fight the tariff battle alone. On December 10, 1832, President Jackson issued a proclamation to the people of South Carolina in response to “The South Carolina Exposition” that argued against a states' right to nullify a federal law. After Jackson issued his proclamation, Congress passed the Force Act that allowed the use of military force against any state that resisted the tariff acts. On December 28th, 1832, Calhoun resigned the office of Vice President to become a South Carolina Senator, and he continued to fight for nullification. In 1833, Henry Clay helped write a compromise bill with Calhoun that slowly minimized tariffs over the next ten years. The Compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the nullification crisis (Library of Congress, p.
• The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865 during the Civil War, abolished slavery throughout the United States. This amendment eventually ended the Civil War, created economic and political changes in the United States, especially in the South, and introduced the Black Codes and the Ku Klux Klan to the United States.
• Radical Republicans, a group in Republican Party in the 1850’s and 1860’s, …show more content…
In doing so, he passed the tariff of 1828, which raised taxes on imported manufactured goods made of wool, and raw materials. This tariff brought along great opposition from the South, particularly South Carolina. The state’s leaders thought it would be impossible to compete with the North for industrial power. They insisted that the tariff on imported manufactured goods raised the prices paid by southerners to benefit the North, and the legislature of South Carolina threatened to nullify, or declare null and void, the tariff within their state. At the time, South Carolina was controlled by a small group of large planters, and they kept their power by a state constitution that gave plantation counties more representation than their legislation called for (Give Me Liberty, p. …show more content…
Other states said they would join South Carolina’s cause, but none ever did, so South Carolina had to fight the tariff battle alone. On December 10, 1832, President Jackson issued a proclamation to the people of South Carolina in response to “The South Carolina Exposition” that argued against a states' right to nullify a federal law. After Jackson issued his proclamation, Congress passed the Force Act that allowed the use of military force against any state that resisted the tariff acts. On December 28th, 1832, Calhoun resigned the office of Vice President to become a South Carolina Senator, and he continued to fight for nullification. In 1833, Henry Clay helped write a compromise bill with Calhoun that slowly minimized tariffs over the next ten years. The Compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the nullification crisis (Library of Congress, p.