State s Rights vs Federal Authority (Does a state have the right to declare a Federal law unconstitutional)

Since history is, in essence, a story and not a series of random, disconnected facts, students should be able to transform the information covered in this class into a narrative form that articulates something about our nation's past. This paper will be a serious attempt (i.e. an essay) to deal with a historical problem chosen by each student and approved by the professor. The topic chosen must conform to the time period of the course. Students will submit a 7-10-page essay related to the material covered in the class. The essay will be comprehensive in nature, and students are expected to incorporate information gathered through a variety of different sources. (Books, Articles and Colleges, Universities or Library Databases) (This means that footnotes and a bibliography is required) No Wikipedia. The paper is to include a thesis statement (A thesis statement is usually a single sentence near the beginning of your paper (most often, at the end of the first paragraph) that presents your argument to the reader.