To maintain their sovereign authority
The answer is Civil War. It was battled over the subject of national supremacy versus states' rights. It established that the national government was highest or supreme, its sovereignty or dominance derived directly from the people, and therefore the states could not legally separate from the Union.
making a decision based off a very similar case
The correct answer is - People were right to blame Hoover because he refused to make direct unemployment payments
While Hoover broke precedent to spend 2 billion dollars to safe banks and railroads from collapse, he was unwilling to spend any federal money for direct relief. He thought that government aid would destroy the feeling of neighborly cooperation and self-help so fundamental to the American way of life. This belief led Hoover to approve a measure providing 45 million dollars to safe cattle in Arkansas but oppose a 25 million grant to save Arkansas farmers.
