In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, President Andrew Jackson
A) publicly hanged several of the nullifiers.
B) dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification.
C) worked quietly to defuse the confrontation.
D) mobilized all the other southern states to oppose nullification.
E) sought a Supreme Court ruling declaring nullification invalid.

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President Andrew Jackson responded to South Carolina's nullification by sending naval and military forces to the state and denouncing the act of nullification, asserting federal authority.

In Response to South Carolina's Nullification of the Tariff of 1828