Multiple choice

The nullification confrontation of 1832-1833 between Jackson and John C. Calhoun concerned

  1. Jackson’s attempts to abolish slavery in the South

  2. Calhoun’s claim that a St has the power to ignore federal laws

  3. the constitutionality of the second Bank of the US

  4. whether slavery would be allowed in western territories

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Explanation

The confrontation centered on John C. Calhoun's theory of nullification, which argued that states had the right to declare federal laws unconstitutional and void within their borders.