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SUNY at Albany The Relationship Between Federal and State Governments Discussion

 

I’m working on a history writing question and need support to help me study.

Please answer ONE of the following questions in a 300-500 word response:

1. Both “Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act” and “The Lincoln-Douglass Debates” criticize the institution of slavery in the United States. What are some arguments both make for why emancipation is necessary and inevitable?

2. The “Dred Scott Decision” and “The Lincoln-Douglass Debates” both criticize the abolitionist movement. Why do they both argue that true emancipation and equality were never intended by the Declaration of Independence?

3. Both “Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act” and “South Carolina Ordinance of Secession” discuss the relationship between federal and state governments, and amongst the states themselves. How do they disagree on the obligation of states to cooperate with each other to both obey federal law, and respect each other’s state laws?