Matching| States’ Rights and the Fight Over Power

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In the 1830s, Georgia ignored a Supreme Court ruling and forced the Cherokee people off their land because they wanted it for farming. A debate over how much power states should have compared to the national government, where early on, states had too much power, making it hard to run the country. In the 1830s, South Carolina didn’t like a new tax on imported goods and threatened to leave the Union, arguing that they should be able to ignore laws they didn’t agree with.
States' Rights
The Nullification Crisis
Georgia and the Cherokee

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Here is the matching of the items you provided:

1. Georgia and the Cherokee - In the 1830s, Georgia ignored a Supreme Court ruling and forced the Cherokee people off their land because they wanted it for farming.

2. States' Rights - A debate over how much power states should have compared to the national government, where early on, states had too much power, making it hard to run the country.

3. The Nullification Crisis - In the 1830s, South Carolina didn’t like a new tax on imported goods and threatened to leave the Union, arguing that they should be able to ignore laws they didn’t agree with.