Nullification Crisis

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How a tax increase helped spark the American Civil War

How a tax increase helped spark the American Civil War

In 1828 the U.S. Congress passed a tariff that increased the rates on imports into...

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Nullification Crisis cartoon

Nullification Crisis cartoon

Cartoon drawn during the Nullification Crisis showing the manufacturing North getting...

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