John Calhoun

Examples of John Calhoun in the following topics:

• Protective Tariffs

  • Calhoun saw the need for more federal income and industry.
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  • Calhoun strongly opposed the tariff and urged nullification of the tariff within South Carolina.
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• The Proslavery Argument

  • Among those most famous for propagating the pro-slavery argument were James Henry Hammond, John C.
  • Calhoun, and William Joseph Harper.
  • In 1837, John C.
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  • Calhoun and other pre-Civil War Democrats used these theories in their pro-slavery rhetoric as they struggled to maintain their grip on the Southern economy.

• The Election of 1824

  • The crowded field included John Quincy Adams, the son of the second president, John Adams.
  • A second candidate, John C.
  • Calhoun from South Carolina, had served as secretary of war and represented the slaveholding South.
  • Meanwhile, John C.
  • Calhoun secured a total of 182 electoral votes and won the vice-presidency in what was generally an uncompetitive race.

• Madison and the Pressure for War

  • The term "hawk" was coined by the prominent Virginia congressman and Old Republican, John Randolph (of Roanoke), a staunch opponent to the entry into war.
  • The primary leaders of the group were Speaker of the House Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C.
  • Calhoun of South Carolina, both of whom would become major players in American politics for the next several decades.

• The Politics of Expansion

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  • Calhoun was a notable Democrat who generally opposed his party on the issue, which fell out of favor by 1860.

• Wilmot Proviso

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  • Calhoun, Southern slaveholders claimed that the federal government had no right to curtail the spread of slavery into any new territories, claiming that it was each individual state’s right under the principle of state sovereignty to determine whether or not their territory would be free or permit slavery.

• The Election of 1828 and the Character Issue

  • The election of 1828 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson saw a high level of character attacks and partisanship.
  • The Democratic Party derived its strength from the existing supporters of Jackson and their coalition with the supporters of Crawford (the Old Republicans) and Vice-President Calhoun.
  • Jackson accepted the incumbent vice president, John C.
  • Calhoun, as his running mate.
  • The National Republican party nomination was John Quincy Adams (of Massachusetts), the incumbent President of the United States.

• The Jackson Presidency

  • Jackson, a westerner and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), ran for the presidency in 1824 but lost to John Quincy Adams.
  • Calhoun over the issue.
  • The relationship between Jackson and Calhoun was further strained by the Petticoat Affair, when the Vice President's wife and several Cabinet members socially ostracized Secretary of War John H.
  • Following the Petticoat Affair, Calhoun and Jackson broke apart politically from one another and Van Buren replaced Calhoun as Jackson's running mate in the 1832 presidential election.
  • In December of 1832, Calhoun resigned as Vice President to become a U.S.

• Nullification

  • The controversial and highly protective Tariff of 1828 (known to its detractors as the "Tariff of Abominations") was enacted into law during the previous presidency of John Quincy Adams.
  • In Washington, an open split on the issue occurred between Jackson and his vice-president John C.
  • Calhoun, the most effective proponent of the constitutional theory of state nullification.
  • On July 14, 1832, after Calhoun had resigned his office in order to run for the Senate where he could more effectively defend nullification, Jackson signed into law the Tariff of 1832.

• Manifest Destiny

  • In 1845, a New York newspaper editor, John L.
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  • Calhoun was a notable Democrat who generally opposed his party on the issue, which fell out of favor by 1860.
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