Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877.
The political belief that federal powers are strictly limited and that individual states have the ultimate authority over their own internal affairs.
States' Rights appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877 and Divisions and causes.
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