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How was the conflict between supporters of a strong federal government and champions of states' rights characterized then as opposed to now?

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The line was drawn more distinctly between the powers of the states and Federal government before the Civil War. Before that war, the states were viewed in many quarters (the South in particular) as being entities with powers so extensive that they were practically nations to themselves. That view held that the states had created the Union by joining together in a compact, that compact being ...

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