Fear of the Slave Power Was Fear That the ____________

question 46

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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