The answer is c. Civil War. The states of the South were
against any interference from the Federal government particularly on the issue
of slavery. When Lincoln was elected,
the Southern states felt that their rights to own slaves would be jeopardized and
this would lead to Civil War.
In 1803, Murbury v. madison was the first supreme court case where the court asserted its authority for judicial review to strike down a law as unconstitutional. As of 2014, the united states supreme court has held 176 acts of the u.s. congress unconditional
