Fear of the Slave Power Was Fear That the

question 173

Multiple Choice

Fear of the Slave Power was fear that the

• A) use of slave labor would allow southern producers to undersell northern producers.
• B) distribution of abolitionist literature among slaves was likely to inspire a violent slave revolt.
• C) slaveholding elite that controlled the South was determined to control the entire nation.
• D) slave population was growing so rapidly that slaves would soon far outnumber whites in many southern states.

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