The Union at risk : Jacksonian democracy, states' rights, and the nullification crisis / / Richard E. Ellis

• Autore: Ellis Richard E.
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1987; ©1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (582 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.5/61
• Soggetto topico: Nullification (States' rights)
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1829-1837
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1 An Ambiguous Heritage: States' Rights in America, 1776-1828; 2 Andrew Jackson, States' Rights, and Majority Rule; 3 Andrew Jackson, Nullification, and the South; 4 The Proclamation; 5 Georgia and the Nullification Crisis; 6 Virginia and the Nullification Crisis; 7 New York and the Nullification Crisis; 8 'The Compromise'; 9 The Nullification Crisis and Jacksonian Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 is undeniably the most important major event of Andrew Jackson's two presidential terms. Attempting to declare null and void the high tariffs enacted by Congress in the late 1820's, the state of South Carolina declared that it had the right to ignore those national laws that did not suit it. Responding swiftly and decisively, Jackson issued a Proclamation reaffirming the primacy of the national government and backed this up with a Force Act, allowing him to enforce the law with troops. Although the conflict was eventually allayed by a compromise fashioned by
• Titolo autorizzato: The Union at risk
• ISBN: 0-19-987906-0; 0-19-802084-8; 1-280-52441-3; 9786610524419; 0-19-534515-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783592803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II