... was to ensure the growth, development, and protection of American companies from overseas competition. The tariffs would increase the profits in America, allowing the nation to grow economically and serve to expand America westward into new frontiers. In 1828, the Tariff of Abomination was passed and created great controversy in the Southern States, starting an uprising among southern senators who ... South Carolina could resolve the crisis and still remain part of the Union. Calhoun's exposition proclaimed that state governments had a divine right to nullify laws created by the federal g...

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... common man. The Jacksonians firmly believed in making the country better for every man, a government derived from the people. Andrew Jackson thought that all common men should be involved in the government, eventually he eliminated the requirements to vote. Jackson also believed that public officers serve the government, not themselves, and that they do not gain any experience from staying in office. ... Jacksonians therefore set up a policy of rotation in office. It was believed that since all men ... a Jacksonian Democrat. He strongly believed that the United States should be a league...

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