How did President Andrew Jackson respond to the Nullification Crisis?

The
Nullification Crisis was brought about by a
tariff increase which, in many parts of the South,
was called the Tariff of
Abominations. The South was more dependent on imports than the North
and
would have had to pay more for goods. The tariff was raised in order to protect
Northern
manufacturing interests. South Carolina stated that they would not
enforce the tariff and
threatened secession. This was important because the
most prominent South Carolinian politician
of the day, John C. Calhoun, was
Andrew Jackson's vice-president.

Jackson
saw the threat
of secession as a threat to federal authority and he stated that he would

personally lead an army into South Carolina in order to enforce federal control. South
Carolina
backed down from its secession threat when other states did not join
in protesting the tariff
and secession. This threat to the Union, nearly
thirty years before the Civil War, proved that
the nation was becoming more
sectarian than ever and would soon split unless...