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Question

Why did Calhoun and the South see the Tariff of 1828 as such an "abomination" and raise threats of nullification over it?

Answer 1

competition from Great Britain on the trade front was fierce and Congress was continually dealing with demands to raise tariffs in order to protect domestic companies. In August 1827, delegates to a convention in Harrisburg, PA signed a petition to force Congress to do something about the grievances of both farm and manufacturing interests by increasing tariffs. The northern states were generally in favor, but southerners weren't because the higher tariffs meant higher prices for the manufactured products they didn't produce themselves, while southerners also felt Great Britain and France would retaliate on items like cotton, forcing the region into poverty.

The result was the Tariff of Abominations in 1828. Historian Robert Remini described it as a "ghastly, lopsided, unequal bill, every section of which showed marks of political preference and favoritism."

Answer 2

See:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/nu/nullific.html

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Calhoun.html

http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/history/3