KnowraStates' rightsLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to States' rights, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 4Narrower topic 2Compared with 3Lost Cause of the ConfederacyCompared with: Lost Cause accounts foreground states’ rights while often omitting the right states sought to protect: slavery.John C. CalhounNarrower topic: Calhoun became its most influential antebellum theorist while using it to defend slavery.Barry GoldwaterRelated: Goldwater invoked states’ rights in opposing federal civil-rights legislation.Democratic-Republican PartyRelated: The party invoked state authority against federal policies it considered unconstitutional.Nullification CrisisNarrower topic: The confrontation sharpened disagreement over the balance between state and federal power.Southern strategyRelated: Its language could oppose federal civil-rights enforcement while signaling resistance indirectly.American SystemCompared with: States’ rights arguments challenged the national reach of the program’s economic policies.Jeffersonian democracyRelated: Jeffersonians used state authority to resist what they saw as federal overreach.Strom ThurmondCompared with: Thurmond invoked states’ rights to resist federal action against racial segregation.