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
[Choose]
disagree with
Northerner
Southerner
All states help make our laws and all states
must follow our laws.
[Choose ]
Laws made by the federal government over-
ride laws made by states.
(Choose]
Congress is acting like a tyrant, telling us
what we can and cannot do!
[Choose]
It was our choice to join the Union, and will
be our choice whether to leave it.
[Choose
The country cannot be broken apart. It is
one nation and must remain as one
[Choose)