Why Was the White South So Fearful of Abraham Lincoln

question 53

Multiple Choice

Why was the white South so fearful of Abraham Lincoln?

• A) Lincoln had run for president as the candidate who would end slavery in the South.
• B) Southern whites were convinced Lincoln would do what he could to undermine slavery.
• C) Lincoln had outlined a plan for the colonization of the South.
• D) Southern whites saw all Northerners as deadly threats to their independence.

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