Question

A lot of Americans seemed to fear a lot of things by the late 1850s. Which of these most accurately describes an important fear some Americans had and what they wanted to do about it?

A) Many Southerners feared more Northerners would try to weaken slavery through revolts or through the national government, so they seceded.
B) Republicans feared the expansion of the power of slave-owners, so they proposed abolishing slavery immediately.
C) Most Northerners feared slave territories would become slave states and make a mostly slave nation, so they encouraged southern states to leave the Union.
D) Know-Nothings feared that there would be heavy restrictions on immigration in the US, so they urged their foreign relatives to come to the country quickly.

Answer 1

A) Many Southerners feared more Northerners would try to weaken slavery through revolts or through the national government, so they seceded.

Step-by-step explanation:

The most pressing political question by the late 1850s in the US was the slavery.

The Northerners wanted the Southerns to abolish the slavery, which the Southerns did not want. This led to some sourthern states to withdraw from the union(seceed), which led to the Civil War.

So the correct answer is:

A) Many Southerners feared more Northerners would try to weaken slavery through revolts or through the national government, so they seceded.