The South Carolina Nullification Convention

question 57

Multiple Choice

The South Carolina nullification convention

• A) declared the Tariff of 1832 null and void within South Carolina.
• B) supported Governor Hayne's military preparations to defend the state.
• C) gathered support from other southern states for its stand.
• D) threatened to secede from the Union if the federal government tried to enforce the tariff law.
• E) put the national interest above sectional interest.

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