The Nullification Crisis was cause because Congress placed a tariff on the goods being made in the South, particularly South CarolinaJackson's vp, John C. Calhoun believed in state nullification and proposed a lesser tariff in Congress, he threatened for South Carolina to secede from the Union if this tariff was upheld. Jackson responded by creating a letter to South Carolina stating that and nullification would be considered treason and said the Union would fight Carolina if they continued

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