Answer:
B) A state has the right to follow only laws that are in its best interests, or benefit, such as paying tariffs.
Explanation:
In 1828, the U.S. Congress passed a series of tariffs with the goal of protecting the U.S. infant industry, which could not compete with the British industry.
The Southern states were against the tariff because it affected their agricultural exports, specially cotton.
Shortly After, Andrew Jackson, who was from the South, was elected president, and he developed the nullification theory. According to this theory, states had the power to only recognize those federal laws that they deemed constitutional, in accordance not only to the U.S. Constitution, but also to each state's constitution.
This theory would have meant that every state had the right to refuse applying a tariff approved by U.S. Congress, if said state deemed that tariff to be against its best interests.
