CLEP U.S. History I 064: Nullification and Competing Union Theories
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 12 | Lesson 12.3 High protective tariffs, especially the 1828 “Tariff of Abominations,” angered South Carolinians who imported manufactured goods and feared federal hostility to slavery. Vice President John C. Calhoun anonymously developed a compact theory: sovereign states had formed the Union and a state convention could nullify an […]
CLEP U.S. History I 063: Spoils System and the Presidency
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 12 | Lesson 12.2 Jacksonians defended “rotation in office” as republican. Long-serving officials, they argued, could become an insulated bureaucracy. Ordinary capable citizens should share public service. Jackson replaced roughly one-tenth of federal officeholders, a much greater turnover than earlier presidents but not a complete purge. Opponents called the […]
