Nullification Project

Federal government control still happens in this present day and age. States have power but the Federal government still has the ultimate control over the States. In my opinion this will probably never change the Federal government will always be Big Brother watching over our movements.

Posted by: Susan Robinson

Nullification at South Carolina

Nullification came about in South Carolina believing that the tariffs on goods was not constitutional and that the Federal Government should not have so much involvement in the States affairs. The Southern states were also penalized with higher taxes than that of the Northern States. Not fair in the Southern states eyes.

Posted by: Susan Robinson

Nullification still present....

Even though over a hundred years have passed, issues surrounding the power the federal government has over a state government has not changed much. If you type in the word nullification into a search engine there are numerous files that pop up. Many of these files show that even now in the 21st century, we are dealing with disputes where the federal government is trying to strong hold a situation that the state feels they have no right in. States are not powerless in the face of the federal law but there are limits on what they can do to prevent enforcement of the constitution. This will be an on going battle since neither the federal or state government feel that they are over stepping their boundaries.

Posted by: Kimberly Burris

"THE CONVENTION" Pamphlet

This is a picture of a pamphlet from the 1832 South Carolina Convention where the state declared that it was not legal for the federal government to come and collect the duties they declared were due.

Posted by: Kimberly Burris

Nullification Crisis

The nullification crisis came about all because South Carolina felt that the federal government had to much control over the states and did not allow them to pursue what was in their best interest. Those living in the southern states felt that the northern states were being pampered with a growing manufacturing industry, while they themselves were reaping the repercussions and falling into hard times. With the manufacturing business less than desirable, a decrease of the cotton export, and the tariff rates increasing as they were; some southerners began moving to other states in search of a better living. South Carolinians pursued a "nullification" which would allow each state to decide if a federal law was constitutional or unconstitutional. Should a state find that a particular law was unconstitutional; that state had the right to nullify the law and make it not valid in their state as South Carolina did to the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. Though South Carolina felt that nullification was within their legal limits, they eventually came to an agreement with the federal government to reduce the federal tariffs. 

This picture just how the people of South Carolina felt about the president

and the control he and the federal government had. 

Posted by: Kimberly Burris

The South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification

Kathryn Bruce Here!

I am posting a picture of the State of South Carolina to provide a visual image of where the Nullification Crisis was taken place. The reason this is so crucial is because in South Carolina there held a state convention in November 1832. This particular event occurred because an ordinance of nullification was adopted and the federal tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 were abandoned. That being said it declared them to be "null,void, and no law".