Nullification

    Nullification : To invalitdate a law.

     In 1828 a topic of debate was the tariff placed on imported goods, the southerners were'nt happy with this because with a tariff on imported goods, the cost of goods that were not in the US rose. To counter act the tariffs a man named John Calhoun applied a Nillification. This meant that the states were able to nullify (nutrilize) federal law. The nullification caused high tension between federal law and the southern states. 


Links:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification