States' Rights and the US Bank

Which amendment banned slavery in the United States?

Which amendment granted citizenship to former slaves and guaranteed them certain protections?

Which amendment gave former slaves the right to vote?

Which principle gives the Supreme Court the power to determine whether a law is constitutional?

Which political party supported a strong federal government during the convention?

Which plan favored states' rights during the convention?

Which clause in the Constitution gave precedence to the federal government over state governments?

What amendment protected states' sovereignty and reserved powers not given to the federal government?

Which state enacted a law authorizing the use of eminent domain to claim federally owned land?

Who suggested that politicians who defied federal immigration laws should be charged with crimes?

Which president signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law?

What did the US Supreme Court ruling on the ACA in June 2012 determine?

Which Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were considered property and did not have the right to sue for their freedom?

What was the name of the doctrine put forth by Vice President John C. Calhoun that claimed states had the right to nullify federal laws?

What was the main issue of contention between the North and South during the nullification crisis?

What did Southern states accuse Northern bankers, merchants, and manufacturers of doing?

Which document granted the states certain powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution?

What was the main issue raised by proponents of states' rights against the First Bank of the United States?

Which court case upheld the constitutionality of the Second Bank of the United States?

What were some of the implications of the issue of states' rights for the American economy?

According to the Dred Scott decision, what did the Court rule about the power to free slaves?

According to the Dred Scott decision, what did the Court rule about a slave's status when living in a free state?

What were the implications of the Dred Scott decision regarding escaped slaves?

During the American Civil War, how many American soldiers died in the war over the issue of states' rights and federal power?

In the election of 1860, who was the presidential candidate for the new Republican Party?

Which party favored a strong federal government and campaigned on an antislavery platform in the election of 1860?

Which state was the first to secede from the United States and join the Confederacy?

Who was elected as the president of the Confederacy?

Which amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

Which amendment gave all adult males the right to vote regardless of race or previous condition of servitude?

Which amendment guaranteed equal protection under the law but was weakened by the Supreme Court's decision in the Slaughterhouse Cases?

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that Illinois had the right to prevent women from practicing law?

Which federal agency was created by Congress in 1887 to regulate commercial activity between states?

In which case did the Supreme Court strike down a federal law that prohibited products made by children from being transported across state lines?

Which amendment to the Constitution is often invoked in debates over the division of power between the federal government and state governments?

Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1986-2005 and had a fundamental commitment to federalism?

What was one of the major events in the nation's history that played a role in the growth of the federal government?

In the late 1990s, what was the conflict between state and federal laws regarding?

Which amendment did the Supreme Court rely on in National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) to strike down changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act?

In Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985), the Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision in National League of Cities. What did the Court rule in Garcia?

In United States v. Lopez (1995), the Supreme Court struck down which federal law?

In Printz v. United States (1997), the Supreme Court relied on Tenth Amendment principles to restrict federal powers. What part of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act did the Court strike down?

Which act gave the federal government the power to approve prices and standards of quality within various industries?

Which Supreme Court case struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?

Which Supreme Court case upheld a provision of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) that strengthened the power of labor unions?

Which Supreme Court case overruled the earlier decision in Hammer v. Dagenhart and upheld federal laws that established overtime pay and set minimum wages?