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Which issue caused the debate over states' rights that became increasingly important before the Civil War?

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Answer: The debate over which powers rightly belonged to the states and which to the Federal Government became heated again in the 1820s and 1830s fueled by the divisive issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories forming as the nation expanded westward.

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