States' Rights, Nullification, and The Missouri Compromise

In 1820 the Missouri compromise tried to solve the problem of states threatening to secede unless they had states’ rights but instead did not help at all.  States’ Rights are when a state feels that their states needs should come before the federal government’s needs.  The Missouri Compromise is a compromise that the number of slave states and non-slave states stay even.  So as more states were joining the north (non-slavery), the south felt that the north would soon take over.  A tax was set in place by congress that only benefitted the north, which made the southerners, especially in South Carolina very upset and angry.  The people of South Carolina then came up with this idea of nullification: the right to refuse to enforce or recognize a federal law.  This made President Jackson so mad that he wanted to send troops to South Carolina to enforce the laws; which congress denied.  

The Missouri Compromise

Missouri Compromise. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 12 Jan 2014. <http://www.historicfortsnelling.org/sites/historicfortsnelling.org/files/images/800px-Missouri_Compromise_Line_svg.png>.

States' Rights and Nullification

Nullification. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 12 Jan 2014. <http://polizeros.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Nullification-Ticket.jpg>.