Reviews for Bring down the walls

The average rating for Bring down the walls based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-09 00:00:00 Melissa Kit Trying to convince my professor I'm smart! Read this and get this research paper done. WHAT is Jacksonianism and is it being reproduced by the Tea Party today? An absolute fantastic book on the nullification crisis! IF you think the arguments for and against States' Rights were about one single event in our History, namely the Civil War, you are mistaken; and you'd be mistaken if you thought it had to do with the Nullification Crisis, as well. The author goes into great and authoritative detail, breaking out the founding fathers and more, to show you WHY our country has been founded, for good or bad, on the fight for States' rights.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-22 00:00:00 Michael Watson This is an interesting analysis of the Nullification Crisis of 1832-33, but it is written in a rather dry academic style that makes it slow going. I particularly liked Ellis' discussion of how nullification (the idea that any state, based on its sovereignty, may nullify - or refuse to acknowledge - any law passed by the federal government) fits in with various theories of states' rights. He also points out how the convergence of nullification and states' rights theories with efforts to justify slavery helped bring on the Civil War.