Friday November 10 notes::4th period

Nullification Crisis
-->1928: A tariff was designed to win re-election for jackson(South Carolina takes action to oppose the tariff; they lead the South in doing so)
-->The Missouri Compromise makes the South worry about their representation in Congress(South begins to feel politcally isolated as they worry that they don't have enough votes to block the law)
-->The Congress was passing laws that the South couldn't oppose
-->Calhoun::Vice President leading S.C.
*argues that the Southern states should be able to nullify laws applying to their states
*states should be able to determine whether the law is applied to them(Calhoun tells this to
Jackson who gets mad
-Jackson says that tariffs are foreign policy & that it's a matter of the federal govt
-Jackson threatens the South, saying that he could hang them if they decide to nullify it
*Calhoun asks Congress to reduce tariff
-->Tariff of 1832: Congress lowers tariff; lowers tax rate on imports, but not as much as S.C wanted
*sooo...S.C. calls a state convention which formally nullifies the 1828 & 1832 tariff
-it said that S.C. would not enforce and collect tariffs
--> Jackson gets mad & asks Congress to pass the Force Bill (authorizing Jackson to march an army into S.C.)
--> Compromise Tariff 1833 (lowers tariff)
Nullification Crisis 1828-1833 now over b/c S.C. backs down! (no other state joined S.C. in nullifying the tariff)


Kitchen Cabinet
*informal cabinet; Jackson has his buddies, who he consults more with than the formal people



Postal Campaign
*in early 1830s minority of Protestant Evangelicals form societies committed to immediate abolition of slavery-they flood the postal service with anit-slavery pamplets
*Jackson wants to stop the Postal Campaign and prefers to have the Congress shut it down
*Calhoun argues with Jackson, saying that the states have the rights to do so
*Calhoun says to leave the federal laws alone and to let the people at the post office do the job of taking the abolitionist material out(most of the mail is from NY)
*anti-slavery petitions sent to Congress-Congress decides not to discuss the petitions--Gag Rule


Bank War
~ Jackson doesn't like banks (esp. 2nd Bank of the US)
~In North, theres paper money and the purchasing of things on credit during the Market Revol.
>South doesn't like this
~Jackson things that paper money, the economy, and loans are corrupt
~The national govt deposited its funds in the Second Back
>the $ is from the bank notes of the States (this could be redeemed for gold and silver)
~The Bank of the US issue its own note>hoping it to become the national money note
~Jackson who lost money in a previous speculation questioned the constitutionality of the bank and paper $
~ there are attempts to embarrass Jackson. Clay and Wirt with Biddle
>They ask to renew the Bank Charter (even if there's two more years left)
[they wanna make Jackson look bad]
>Congress passes a recharter bill; Jackson vetoes it
~Jackson claims that the bank is unconstitutional; John Marshall in the courth said that it was constitutional
~Jackson syas the Bank was a Monster (sucking the resources out of the South & giving it to people who don't need it)

*1832-Jackson wins election
*he wants to get even
*he wants to kill the bank
-Jackson takes the federal $ out of the bank and deposits it in the state banks (aka Pet Bank)


PS. the blog thing took out my indents and spaces so it might look a bit wierd and confusing with all the types of bullets randomly showing up...but i used color for the subparts and titles so good luck with that