I’m not sure when you say U.S. but the Republicans supported the idea of state rights. (If you could clarify you question I could help more).
I think none of the above would be your answer.
The answer to this question is D. Have relatively short histories.
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Although the nullification crisis was ostensibly about South Carolina's refusal to collect federal tariffs, many historians believe it was actually rooted in growing Southern fears over the movement in the North for the abolition of slavery.