The Tariff of 1832 was supposed to reduce the rate of the Tariff of 1828, but that didn't satisfy the people.
When South Carolina spoke of seceding from the Union if the tariff was not nullified, president Jackson raised an army to go there.
He also passed the "Force Bill" which allowed him to use the army to enforce the tariff.
Former vice president Calhoun went to his friend Henry Clay to help him find a solution to the mess.
Clay came up with the Compromise Tariff of 1833 which would reduce the tariff by ten percent over eight years.
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