How Did the Contrasting Views of Jackson and Calhoun Regarding

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Multiple Choice

How did the contrasting views of Jackson and Calhoun regarding the Tariff of 1832 contribute to the Nullification Crisis?

• A) Jackson saw opposition to the tariff as a threat to national unity, while Calhoun focused on the interests of the South and his home state of South Carolina.
• B) While Jackson favored a tariff that would apply uniformly across all regions, Calhoun argued for a tariff to protect manufactures rather than southern raw materials.
• C) Calhoun defended the tariff as constitutional, while Jackson did not believe Congress had the power to tax imports and threatened to veto any new tariff bill.
• D) Jackson supported the Jeffersonian agrarian ideal and a low tariff, while Calhoun believed that the future of the United States lay in industrial development protected by a high tariff.

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