By Casting Their Ballots for the Constitutional Unionist Candidate John

question 8

Multiple Choice

By casting their ballots for the Constitutional Unionist candidate John Bell in the 1860 election,what did people in Virginia and Kentucky fear?

• A) These voters were afraid that the South would not secede.
• B) These voters feared that northern industrialists controlled too much of the economy.
• C) The voters did not want South Carolina to take the lead in creating a new government.
• D) The voters worried that an impending civil war would lead to war being fought in their respective states.
• E) The voters worried that if Stephen Douglas was elected,slavery would be eliminated immediately.

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