SC Exposition and Protest
What significant quote was in the document?
"Constitutional government and the government of a majority are utterly incompatible"
When was this document written and released?
1828
When did Andrew Jackson request a bill to be passed in Congress regard SC?
1833
What was the SC Exposition and Protest in short?
A document that protested the Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
What was the most important/significant argument of this document?
Argued that a state convention could declare a congressional law to be void within state borders
What did the document argue regarding sovereignty?
Argued that because state conventions had ratified the constitution, sovereignty lay in the states not the people.
What did the document argue regarding nation legislation?
Because each state or geographic location/region had distinct interests, protective tariff's and other national legislation that operated unequally on the various states lacked fairness and legitimacy and was unconstitutional.
What did Andrew Jackson declare this document to did and what quotes of his regarding this document is famous?
Declared it violated a letter of the constitution and said it was "destructive of the great object for which it was formed" and that "disunion by armed force is treason"
What did Andrew Jackson request of Congress regarding South Carolina?
He asked Congress to pass a Military Force Force Bill authorizing him to compel South Carolina's obedience to national laws after they passed the Ordinance of Nullification based of this document.
What was special about its publication?
It was done anonymously by John C. Calhoun
Who wrote it?
John C. Calhoun
Who was John C. Calhoun vice-president under during the time of publication?
John Quincy Adams
What doctrine did the SC Ordinance of Nullification reflect?
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
What important South Carolina decision did this document lead to?
The South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification which declared the Tariff's of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional.
What did the most important argument create?
The Theory of Nullification
What view did the document have of the federal union?
localist/sectional
