South Carolina and other states such as Virginia ant Texas seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy.
Faking illness was a common method of slave resistance to enforced labor
No,
Different states have different policy priorities. this is because the challenges that faces different states are multifaceted, making it harder for all of these challenges to be addressed by a broad based government. localized policy making is imperative to ensure that the benefits of government reaches as many people as possible, especially in broad based government functions.