Speaker 1: A state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress. After all, the national government is supposed to share power with the states.

Speaker 2: I believe that you are wrong. The states do share power with the national government, but the Constitution says the national government has supremacy.

These speaker are debating an issue that eventually became known as the --

A. Nullification Crisis

B. Monroe Doctrine

C. Missouri Compromise

D. Three-Fifths Compromise