The term nullification comes from the word nullify, which was a legal theory created by states that believed they were sovereign states and that they had the right to reject any federal law which that state felt that it was deemed unconstitutional. In 1824, the U.S. Congress raised tariffs that would affect the South. Many southern states, especially South Carolina strongly rejected the political actions Congress was making to support the economic development of the North and West while leaving out the South. During Andrew Jackson’s presidential election against President John Adams, Jackson supported the raise of an absurd to gain the votes of the North and South while assuming it would not pass. The Tariff of 1828 that Jackson supported which