Andrew Jackson and the Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal and the ...

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Economics - History, grade: 100%, University College of Bangor, language: English, abstract: Andrew Jackson may or may not have been a good president, thisdepends upon one’s opinion. Perhaps he was right on some issues and perhapshe was wrong, but either way he was definitely effective as a president. He knew how to manipulate and persuade to get whatever it was that he wanted. After all, he managed to get elected into office for both terms.Probably the biggest crisis of Jackson’s presidency started when SouthCarolina announced that they opposed the tariffs leveled in 1828 and 1832 byJackson supporters. "Nullifiers" thought that a state could nullify a federal law within its own borders if it so desired. When South Carolina, led by John C. Calhoun, announced its intention to nullify the tariffs in the fall of 1832, it touched off what almost developed into a civil war, as Jackson massed military resources on the state's borders. Finally resolved in the spring of 1833 when South Carolina agreed to a new, more fair, tariff passed by Congress. And so, President Jackson has his way.