mmlu_test_high_school_us_history_test: 68
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68 | This question refers to the following information. "If it be conceded, as it must be by every one who is the least conversant with our institutions, that the sovereign powers delegated are divided between the General and State Governments, and that the latter hold their portion by the same tenure as the former, it would seem impossible to deny to the States the right of deciding on the infractions of their powers, and the proper remedy to be applied for their correction. The right of judging, in such cases, is an essential attribute of sovereignty, of which the States cannot be divested without losing their sovereignty itself, and being reduced to a subordinate corporate condition. In fact, to divide power, and to give to one of the parties the exclusive right of judging of the portion allotted to each, is, in reality, not to divide it at all; and to reserve such exclusive right to the General Government (it matters not by what department to be exercised), is to convert it, in fact, into a great consolidated government, with unlimited powers, and to divest the States, in reality, of all their rights, It is impossible to understand the force of terms, and to deny so plain a conclusion." —John C. Calhoun, "South Carolina Exposition and Protest," 1828 The issue that precipitated the passage excerpted above was | the removal of American Indians from the South. | the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States. | the passage of an act creating higher tariff rates. | the funding of "internal improvements." | C | C: the passage of an act creating higher tariff rates. |