There were several issues raised in Lesson 6 (religious freedom statutes, sectional power struggles leading to the Civil War) that demonstrate the

There were several issues raised in Lesson 6 (religious freedom statutes, sectional power struggles leading to the Civil War) that demonstrate the difficulties and struggles of constitutional governance. Discuss these challenges in light of what we have learned thus far in the course about the principles of government and the auxiliary precautions of the constitutional system. How did these systems break down? What was the legacy of these struggles and how did they change the United States?