The nullification crisis was mainly in South Carolina, during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. It was a result of the souths fear that the federal government would ban slavery. So to avoid putting slavery in the national spotlight, South Carolina decided to attack “The Protective Tariff”, which was a tariff that increased the price southern agriculturists had to pay for manufactured goods. In short, what the South Carolina Legislature declared was that they had the right to “Nullify” any federal duties or laws that they felt were unconstitutional. This was very close, if not equal to treason, and President Jackson reacted as if it were. He very quickly told the secretary of war to prepare for military action against South Carolina, declared
