In Response to South Carolina's Nullification of the Tariff of 1828

question 76

Multiple Choice

In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, President Andrew Jackson

• A) publicly hanged several of the nullifiers.
• B) dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification.
• C) worked quietly to defuse the confrontation.
• D) mobilized all the other southern states to oppose nullification.
• E) sought a Supreme Court ruling declaring nullification invalid.

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