The Nullification Crisis (1832-33)
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Saw South Carolina threaten to nullify federal tariffs; Jackson responded with force, but a compromise tariff defused the crisis
- B
Was a religious dispute between southern Baptists and Methodist itinerant preachers
- C
Was solely a controversy over the future of slavery in newly admitted western states
- D
Triggered the Civil War by causing South Carolina's immediate secession from the Union
Explanation
Foreshadowed sectional conflict; Calhoun's nullification theory raised states' rights to a constitutional crisis.