AMERICAN HISTORY Name: ___________________________________________

Andrew Jackson and the Rise of American Democracy Date: ____________________________ Hour: _________
Chapter 14.5 Primary Source Analysis

Directions: Carefully read and annotate the following passage. When you are done, answer the questions below in
complete sentences. Be sure to include evidence from the text in your answers.

John C. Calhoun,
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
December 1828

...The Constitution grants to Congress the power of imposing a [tax] on imports for revenue, which power is

abused by being converted into an [tool] of [building] up the industry of one section of the country on the ruins

of another. The violation, then, consists in using a power granted for one object to [help] another, and that by the

sacrifice of the original object.

.Because they believe that the Tariff Law passed by Congress at the last session, and all other acts of which

the principal object is the protection of manufactures, or any other branch of domestic industry, if they

considered as the exercise of a supposed power in Congress to tax the people at its own good will and

pleasure, and to apply the money raised to objects not specified in the Constitution, is a violation of these

fundamental principles, a breach of a well-defined trust, and a [distortion] of the humble powers [in]vested in

the Federal Government for federal purposes only.

1. Sourcing/Contextualizing

a. Who wrote this passage?

b. What was his position in government?

c. When was it written?

Directions: Answer the questions below in complete sentences. Be sure to include evidence from the text in your
answers. For #4, you may need to use your book/notes.

2. What issue is this passage addressing?

a. What was the authors position on this issue?

3. What evidence does the author give that law is unconstitutional?

a. How strong is the evidence?

4. How did Americans respond to this law? Give examples from both sides.

Americans who support this law Americans who oppose this law