Question
Different viewpoints about states’ rights and federal power gained support in the North or the South. Read each quotation and choose whether it most likely represents a Southern perspective or a Northern perspective in 1860.
Northerner
Southerner
“States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.”
“Laws made by the federal government trump laws made by states.”
“It was our choice to join the Union, and will be our choice whether to leave it.”
“The country cannot be broken apart. It is one nation and must remain as one.”
Answers
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Here is the categorization of each quotation based on the likely perspective from the North or the South in 1860:
1. “States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.”
- **Southerner**
2. “Laws made by the federal government trump laws made by states.”
- **Northerner**
3. “It was our choice to join the Union, and will be our choice whether to leave it.”
- **Southerner**
4. “The country cannot be broken apart. It is one nation and must remain as one.”
- **Northerner**
1. “States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.”
- **Southerner**
2. “Laws made by the federal government trump laws made by states.”
- **Northerner**
3. “It was our choice to join the Union, and will be our choice whether to leave it.”
- **Southerner**
4. “The country cannot be broken apart. It is one nation and must remain as one.”
- **Northerner**