The debate over the relationship between the states and the federal government and over the principles of interposition and nullification began with the struggle to ratify the constitution and continued to the end of the civil war. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of constitutional history from 1789 to 1865 create an original thesis

The debate over the relationship between the states and the federal government and over the principles of interposition and nullification began with the struggle to ratify the constitution and continued to the end of the civil war. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of constitutional history from 1789 to 1865 create an original thesis

define the words nullification and interposition
also write if nullification and interposition played a role in the civil war

use documents that support it the thesis like Marbury v. Madison , McCulloch v. Maryland

throw in things about the constitution
write about the delicate balance between states rights and a strong federal government