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Unit Test

Question 5 • AZ-US/AZ History A (SS301)

What did “nullification” mean?

Answer
A
Any state could refuse to follow a law that it disagreed with.
B
A majority of states could declare a law unconstitutional.
C
Congress could declare a law to be unconstitutional.

Explanation

Nullification was the idea that an individual state could refuse to enforce or follow a federal law it considered unconstitutional. Therefore, choice A, “Any state could refuse to follow a law that it disagreed with,” best matches the meaning. It was not a power held by a majority of states or by Congress alone.

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