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When did South Carolina rescind the Ordinance of Nullification?
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Nullification Crisis
U.S. Pres. Andrew Jackson issued his “Proclamation to the People of South Carolina” on December 10, 1832, in response to South Carolina's refusal to be bound by federal tariffs. In it Jackson asserted the supremacy of the federal government and rejected South Carolina's argument that it, as a state, had the right to reject laws made by the federal government that it deemed unconstitutional. Jackson's proclamation was an escalation of the Nullification Crisis, and some argue that it helped lay the foundation for the American Civil War.
South Carolina rescinded the Ordinance of Nullification on March 15, 1833.1
This action followed the passage of the Compromise Tariff of 1833, which addressed the state's economic concerns by gradually lowering tariff rates. Although the state convention repealed the ordinance, it subsequently nullified the Force Bill three days later on March 18, 1833, as a symbolic gesture to maintain its principles, even though the bill was no longer necessary for tariff collection.2134