AHC/WI: Andrew Jackson Sides With Nullifiers

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?

Jackson's home state was Tennesse. And if you want to change his Unionist sympathies you'll have to go way back to get that outcome. Hell going back that far you might even butterfly away him as President.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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?

If the states could nullify federal anti-slavery laws, why would they want to secede in the first place? Unless the free states have had enough and want to shove through something resembling OTL 13th Amendment, which could happen if enough of them are admitted that they could overpower the South (i.e. a huge free soil victory). . .

If industrialization happens in the South, that could make the slavery issue irrelevant. Chattel slavery is mostly designed for an agricultural economy, and would be more costly to maintain than the Southerners would like.
 
Technical note - Jackson was indeed born on the poorly-surveyed North Carolina - South Carolina border. However, he moved to Tennessee shortly after growing up, so neither he nor anyone else would say South Carolina was his home state. (Except, perhaps, when trying to make a political point.)
 

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with federal government weakened, southern states might actually on the side of stronger union to enforce Fugitive Slave Law. Civil War could be started when Vermont nullify Fugitive Slave Law, while south seek it to be enforced.
 
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