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.”
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Here are the classifications based on the context of the quotes and the prevailing sentiments in the North and the South in 1860:
1. “States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.”
- **Southerner** (This reflects the Southern belief in states' rights and the idea of nullification.)
2. “Laws made by the federal government trump laws made by states.”
- **Northerner** (This represents the Northern perspective that federal authority is supreme over state authority.)
3. “It was our choice to join the Union, and will be our choice whether to leave it.”
- **Southerner** (This captures the Southern belief in voluntary association in the Union and their right to secede.)
4. “The country cannot be broken apart. It is one nation and must remain as one.”
- **Northerner** (This reflects the Northern viewpoint that the Union should remain intact and that secession is not permissible.)
These classifications align with the political ideologies and tensions leading up to the American Civil War in 1860.
1. “States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.”
- **Southerner** (This reflects the Southern belief in states' rights and the idea of nullification.)
2. “Laws made by the federal government trump laws made by states.”
- **Northerner** (This represents the Northern perspective that federal authority is supreme over state authority.)
3. “It was our choice to join the Union, and will be our choice whether to leave it.”
- **Southerner** (This captures the Southern belief in voluntary association in the Union and their right to secede.)
4. “The country cannot be broken apart. It is one nation and must remain as one.”
- **Northerner** (This reflects the Northern viewpoint that the Union should remain intact and that secession is not permissible.)
These classifications align with the political ideologies and tensions leading up to the American Civil War in 1860.