John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest
A) the repercussions of the Panic of 1819.
B) the Tariff of Abominations.
C) the policies of Martin Van Buren.
D) John C. Calhoun's presidency.
E) Congress's refusal to allow slavery to spread to the territories.
Question 2
Which political theory postulates that the Union is a compact among the states and that a state has the right to override a federal law?
A) Statism
B) Provincialism
C) Sectionalism
D) Constitutionalism
E) Nullification
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