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Why did the South rebel against the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?

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A) Lincoln allowed very few representatives from the South in his Cabinet.

B) Lincoln's antislavery views threatened the slavery-based plantations in the South.

C) Lincoln's policies were focused on the industrialized North and ignored the South.

D) Lincoln planned to introduce an income tax, which would hurt poor farmers in the South.

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Correct answer: B. Lincoln's antislavery views threatened the slavery-based plantations in the South.

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