Sectionalism had become evident in South Carolina during the issue of nullification in South Carolina. The “Acts and Resolution of South Carolina”, said that if the national government does not do anything to prevent the postal service from delivering papers that might cause the slaves to rebel, South Carolina could take it’s own “measures” to prevent these papers from being distributed. This would basically nu

llify the National Government’s law. In response, Jackson placed troops on the State’s border and threatened to invade if South Carolina did not begin collecting tariffs. This shows Jackson was following the constitution because the Constitution states that we would act as a single nation, not a league of states, which is what South Carolina was doing. This justified Jackson’s action. (doc. F)

Jackson also felt that the National Bank was a problem. Jackson’s main focus, the comman man, felt that the national bank caused the Panic of 1819. He and the common man felt that the bank aided”the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” (document B). Daniel Webster, a whig, indirectly aided Jackson’s argument. He said in his reply to Jackson’s verto, (doc C) “it [the veto] manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich.” This shows that Jackson’s main focus w

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