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Which issue prompted the MOST debate of states’ rights in the mid-1900s?

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Racial desegregation and other race related civil rights, were the hot button state's rights issue of the era. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Brown vs Board of Ed. were watershed moments in states rights, with the states losing on both fronts.
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