Nullification: What Was It?

As a slave owner himself, Andrew Jackson supported nullification.

False

Nullification called for the states to approve or nullify each piece of federal legislation.

False

Nullifiers formed a political party of their own to campaign for their beliefs.

False

Andrew Jackson supported the concept of the federal union over state's rights.

True

John C. Calhoun of South Carolina became a supporter of nullification although he had been a nationalist earlier.

True

Nullification meant that individual states could declare federal legislation invalid in that state.

True

Nullification was an issue of federal authority vs. state's rights.

True

Slavery was part of the nullification issue, since high tariffs affected southern plantation owners and they wanted to nullify those tariffs.

True

The nullification crisis was resolved by compromise legislation proposed by Henry Clay.

True