The Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic
(Part of the Witness to History Series)
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A crucial senatorial debate on the question of the states' relationship to the federal government. Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union. Was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states' rights could hold off an attack on the southern...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1421426145
ISBN13:9781421426143
Release Date:August 2018
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:184 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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