<P> The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832 -- 1837 , during the presidency of Andrew Jackson , which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government . It ensued after South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state . </P>
<P> The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832 -- 1837 , during the presidency of Andrew Jackson , which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government . It ensued after South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state . </P>
who articulated the doctrine of nullification before the civil war
who articulated the doctrine of nullification before the civil war
South Carolina
South Carolina