Northerners and Southerners disagreed about states' rights and the power of the federal government. Read each quotation, and identify whether it most likely represents the
perspective of a Southerner or a Northerner in the 1850s.
States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.
All states help make our laws and all states must follow our laws.
Laws made by the federal government trump laws made by states.
Congress is acting like a tyrant, telling us what we can and cannot
do.
It was our choice to join the Union, and will be our choice whether to
leave it.
The ountry cannot be broken apart, it is one nation and must remain
as one.
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