Only in the nullification crisis did he display both leadership and good judgment.
People reflected on the meaning of the nullification crisis and its outcome for the country.
Even the nullification crisis of 1832, ostensibly over the tariff, had slavery as its underlying cause.
South Carolina led opposition to national law during the Nullification Crisis.
In the public debate over the Nullification Crisis the separate issue of secession was also discussed.
Tyler's uneasy relationship with his party came to a head during the 22nd Congress, as the Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 began.
He was supportive of states' rights, but during the Nullification Crisis, declared that states do not have the right to nullify federal laws.
Also, Calhoun said that slavery was the cause of the Nullification Crisis.
He was chosen to sit on a committee that would draft Kentucky's response to the Nullification Crisis.
After the Nullification Crisis in 1833, tariffs remained the same rate until the Civil War.