Dispute over the rights of the states to reject a federal law (South Carolina vs. Jackson)

A. Spoils System

B. Corrupt Bargain

C. Nullification Crisis

D. Panic of 1837

The nullification crisis was a conflict between the U. S. state of South Carolina and the federal government of the United States in 1832-33 ... Calhoun, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and argued that the U. S. Constitution gave states the right to block the enforcement of a federal law.