state rights

Describes the development of the relationship between the states and the federal government throughout United States history and discusses the present crisis in federalism in which President Reagan seeks to reverse the centralization of power.

Presents a collection of articles that discuss the issue of states' rights and traces the history of conflicts between states' legislatures and a strong central government from the time of the Constitutional Convention to the present day.

Examines the 1819 Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland whereby James McCulloch, manager of the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States, refused to pay the tax that the state of Maryland had levied on the bank's currency.

Examines the Supreme Court case of 1819 in which the issue of state rights came to bear on banking practices of the Bank of the United States in Maryland.

Provides an account of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v Maryland in which the State of Maryland attempted to block the operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States, setting off a debate over issues of sovereignty and implied powers.

Discusses the issue of states' rights and traces the history of conflicts between states' legislatures and a strong central government from the time of the Constitutional Convention to the present day.

Describes the histories and purposes of the Ninth Amendment that addresses the rights of the people not specifically enumerated in the Constitution, and the Tenth Amendment which defines the powers of the Federal government and the powers of the state government.

Relates the sequence of events that led to the shelling of South Carolina's Fort Sumter by Confederate troops in 1861, marking the start of the Civil War.

Explores the significance of the Fort Sumter crisis that sparked the Civil War, seeking to show why certain forces drove the country into deadly conflict, and examining the lives and motives of key characters in the dispute, including William H. Seward, Abraham Lincoln, Major Robert Anderson, Francis W. Pickens, and William H. Russell.