What is the larger issue at stake in the nullification crisis? why do you think this larger issue would escalate into a civil war in the United States?

Nullification in United States constitutional history refers to a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution as opposed to the state's own constitution.

• Hence the nullification crisis was a United States sectional political crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, whereby it involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.
• It ensued after South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and of 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification.

This issue would escalate into a civil war in the United States because of;

• The cause of the crisis; South Carolina created an Ordinance of Nullification in 1832. It declared that the federal Tariff of 1828 and of 1832 were unconstitutional and South Carolina just weren't going to follow them. South Carolina didn't want to pay taxes on goods it didn't produce. Its economy was already really hurting. The second tariff was supposed to lessen the effects of the first one, but South Carolina didn't like either one of them.
• The effects of crisis; Southerners started to question whether President Jackson and the democrats really represented southern interests. South Carolina became very united, but isolated from the rest of the country, especially when it seceded.
• The events that led up to the crisis; In November 1832 the Nullification Convention met. The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833.

The Nullification Convention met in November 1832 and it declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. It was asserted that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state's secession.