How did the issue of states' rights contribute to the beginning of the Civil War?

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Angeline Smith

27 November, 23:11

How did the issue of states' rights contribute to the beginning of the Civil War?

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Ayana Miranda · Answer 1

States' Rights refers To the struggle between the federal government and individual states over political power. In the Civil War era, this struggle focused heavily on the institution of slavery and whether the federal government had the right to regulate or even abolish slavery within an individual state.