As per the title, is there anything that would provoke Andrew Jackson to side with his home state of South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis?
As per the title, is there anything that would provoke Andrew Jackson to side with his home state of South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis?
My mistake, I typed that up at work and probably confused his birth state with that of Calhoun.
It would be funny if Jackson ended up a Nullifier, and Calhoun stayed a Nationalist rather than a sectionalist.
Could the American Civil War be butterflied away if Jackson and Calhoun were on the same page here?
Given the point of divergence, yes, but are you assuming both are nullifiers, or believe in federal supremacy? A nullification victory would make the national government much weaker, but may appease the southern states.
If I remember correctly, the secessionist fire-eaters often referenced the tariff affair.
Besides, the slavery question will still fester. It may not be OUR Civil War, but there's still the risk of A Civil War.
I'm assuming both are nullifiers and would opt for the states' rights view. All other things being "equal," would this push the ACW forward to the 1880s or 1890s?