"Nullification" Was

question 36

Multiple Choice

"Nullification" was

• A) a reaction to the Tariff of 1828.
• B) expressed in a series of resolutions passed by the South Carolina state legislature.
• C) based on the theory that state sovereignty allowed each state to nullify within its borders any law passed by Congress the state deemed unconstitutional.
• D) Options A, B, and C are true.
• E) None of the above is true.

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