2.6.13
States' rights and the Nullification Crisis...
As the north became more and more industrial, it became important to promote U.S. products as opposed to those imported. To do this, an extremely heavy tariff was put in place on all imported goods. Although this abetted the north's cause, the south was firmly against it. The south purchased many goods from overseas. Thanks, to the new tariff, this became immensely impractical. One state, South Carolina, was so outraged by their neglected states' rights that they caused the nullification crisis. South Carolina decreed that they would not enforce the tariff in their state. Also, they assembled their militia in case the U.S. army came calling. The national government was preparing their army as well. Although the crisis never resulted in violence it was proof that the rights of the states were very important and not to be messed with. It proved that the southern states had no problem starting a civil war to protect their rights.
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