In the 1830s and 1840s,the most vocal advocate of states' rights was ________.

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John C. Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina, was a leading advocate for states' rights during this time period. He argued that the federal government should have limited power and that states should be able to nullify federal laws that they believed were unconstitutional. Calhoun's views on states' rights were a major factor in the lead-up to the Civil War.

In the 1830s and 1840s,the Most Vocal Advocate of States