History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1379 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Ordinance of Nullification
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The idea
In November eighteen thirty-two South Carolina passed the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring both the eighteen twenty-eight and eighteen thirty-two tariffs null and void.
In practice
A state legislature purporting to void an act of Congress within its borders.
Where people slip
This is the first time the doctrine of entry 1085 was actually exercised rather than merely asserted.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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