The Civil War settled one part of the issue of national supremacy versus states' rights, namely, that?
A) ?state governments are supreme over the national government.
B) ?the national government derives its sovereignty from the states.
C) ?the national government derives its sovereignty from the people.
D) ?the national government derives its sovereignty from both the people and the states.
E) ?state governments derive their power from each other.
Ans: C) ?the national government derives its sovereignty from the people.
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